唯一从世界最穷国发展为援助国的国家
韩国是全球唯一一个从受援国成为援助国的国家。韩国经历了上个世纪60年代的战争后,国土沦为废墟,国民长期处于饥饿状态,但凭借自身努力,飞速发展,成长为世界第11大经济强国(以2105年GDP为标准,来源:IMF)。
Economic development of Korea
GNI(Gross National Income) per capita
the total domestic and foreign output claimed by residents of a country

<Source: Economy Statistics System>
From a recipient to a donor
· 1945~1999, received around 127 billion US dollars
· 1995, removed from the World Bank's list of recipient nations
· 2008, exceeded 1_trillion KRW for Economic Development Cooperation Fund
· 2009, joined the OECD/DAC(Development Assistance Committee)
Cases of ODA(Official Development Assistance) supported by Korea

in Mozambique

the Mekong River in Laos

Haiyan in the Philippines
<Source : www.odaKorea.go.kr>
韩国仅用40年就实现了西方国家耗时100年实现的经济发展与民主,让世界震惊和瞩目的主要力量就源自于韩国的教育。