Korea’s Experience on Linking Planning and Budgeting
May 23, 2005
Byung-Seo YooMinistry of Planning and BudgetRepublic of Korea
During the Development Era and Recent Reform
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Ⅰ. Korea’s Economic Miracle
Ⅱ. Linking Planning and Budgeting
Ⅲ. Public Expenditure in Development Era
Ⅳ. Future Challenges
Table of Contents
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Ⅰ. Korea’s Economic Miracle
GDP/capita Average Nominal Growth Rate
1960-2004 : 20%
• 1960’s : 26% • 1970’s : 31%
• 1980’s : 17%
• 1990’s : 13%
• US$79(1960) US$14,162(2004)
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60 62 64 66 68 70 72 74 76 78 80 82 84 86 88 90 92 94 96 98 00 02 04
financialcrisis
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Korea’s Economy Scale(1960-2004)
• GDP : US$ 2 billion to US$ 680 billion • GDP per capita : US$79 to US$14,162• The World 11th largest Economy• 29th OECD member since 1996
Top 5 Exports (industrial Structure)
• 1960’s : Iron, Tungsten, Silk, Anthracite, Cuttlefish• 1970’s : Textiles, Plywood, Wigs, Iron, Electronics• 1980’-90’s : Electronics, Iron & Steel, Footwear, Ships, Textiles • 2000’s : Semiconductor, Motor Cars, Computers, Ships, Petroleum Products
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• 1960s : Launch of Economic Development Plans
& Industrialization
• 1970s : Promotion of Heavy and Chemical Industries
• 1980s : Strengthening of Economic Stabilization Efforts
• 1990s-Now : Transition into Knowledge Based Economy
(1997 : Financial Crisis)
Economic Development Process
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Ⅱ. Linking Planning and Budgeting for this Miracle
• Economic Planning Board (EPB), 1961-1994:
- planning and budgeting functions reside under one roof
• Strong political support and leadership
- monthly President’s visit to EPB
- minister of EPB holds position of Deputy Prime Minister
(influence over line ministries for coordination)
Linking System
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• Fiscal policies were implicitly linked to economic plans.
- Plans had a medium-term (5 years) perspective.
- Five-Year Economic Development Plan launched in 1962. (until 1996)
• In retrospect, MTEF exercise without calling it MTEF (Medium-Term Expenditure Framework)
Planning and Budgeting
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• Given limited resources, concentration was essential.
• Budgeting concentrated on economic affairs
according to med-term economic development plans.
- Supplied infrastructure for economic development
- Initiated structural changes by investing R&D
- developed human resources
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Ⅲ. Public Expenditure in Development Era
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70 75 80 85 90 95 00 05
Social Welfare Economic services Defence Education
Economic AffairEconomic Affair
Social Welfare & Quality of LifeSocial Welfare & Quality of Life
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Composition of expenditure (by function) 2004
0%
20%
40%
60%
80%
100%
Korea OECD average
Economic affairs
Social protection
Health
Education
Public order andsafetyGeneral publicservicesDefence
• Expenditure in economic development and education is very high compared with other countries.
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• SOC stock has increased by 4-15 times compared to the past.
1962(A) 1980(B) 2003(C) Ratio
- Road (km) 27,169 46,951 97,252 3.6(C/A)
- Airport (flight #) 140 1,006 2,149 15.4(C/A)
- harbor (million ton) - 82 487 5.9(C/B)
- subway (km) - 41 412 10.0(C/B)
SOC investment
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• R&D : 2.9% of GDP, 4.8% of central government budget
< R&D investment ratio to GDP (IMD,2003, %) >
Korea USA Japan France UK
2.92 2.80 2.98 2.20 1.85
• Education has been a stepping stone for Korea’s miracle
< Education Expenditure ratio to the Integrated Public Finance (%) >
USA(01) UK(99) Japan(recent) Korea(03)
1.9 3.7 6.0 15.1
Aggressive Investment in R&D and Education
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Changes in policy environment
• Spending pressure will accelerate
- health and welfare costs due to an aging population.
- costs due to maturing social safety net.
- uncertain cost of cooperation with North Korea.
• Diversified demand and political pressure.
Complicated policy demands.
Ⅳ. Future challenges
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Korea’s recent reforms (since 2004)
• Clearly implement medium-term plans.
• Improve budget formulation procedure with a top-down
approach.
• Strengthen performance management.
• Improve transparency by simplifying budget structure.
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Thank you
“A budget is much more than
a collection of numbers.
A budget is a reflection of
a nation’s priorities, its needs, and its promise.”