About

The KDI School of Public Policy and Management was founded in 1998 as an affiliated educational institution of the Korea Development Institute, a premier government economic think tank at the forefront of social science research. Drawing from the resources of the Institute, the KDI School provides exceptional education that combines current academic theories with comprehensive and innovative practical research to foster global leaders in the public and private sectors at home and abroad.

The Office of Development Research and International Cooperation of KDI school is dedicated to sharing Korea’s unique development experience and public policy strategies with the global community by conducting scholarly research and offering short-term training to development practitioners and policy officials. The office conducts and promoted in-depth joint research on Korea’s development experience with international organizations and renowned research institutions around the world to ensure a more comprehensive, cross-national perspective. The findings are considered a public good and made available via the KDI School created K-Developedia database that was launched to scale the School’s knowledge sharing activities with the international community.