Famine in North Korea

Stephan Haggard is the Lawrence and Sallye Krause Professor at the Graduate School of International Relations and Pacific Studies at the University of California, San Diego. He is the author of Pathways from the Periphery; The Political Economy of Democratic Transitions (with Robert Kaufman); and The Political Economy of the Asian Financial Crisis.Marcus Noland is a senior fellow at the Peterson Institute for International Economics and a senior fellow at the East-West Center. He has served as an occasional consultant to such organizations as the World Bank and the National Intelligence Council.

• List of Figures List of Tables List of Abbreviations Foreword, by Amartya Sen Preface 1. Introduction: Famine, Aid, and Markets in North Korea Part I. Perspectives on the famine 2. The Origins of the Great Famine 3. The Distribution of Misery: Famine and the Breakdown of the Public Distribution System Part II. The Dilemmas of Humanitarian Assistance 4. The Aid Regime: The Problem of Monitoring 5. Diversion 6. The Political Economy of Aid Part III: Dealing with a Changing North Korea 7. Coping, Marketization, and Reform: New Sources of Vulnerability 8. Conclusion: North Korea in Comparative and International Perspective Appendix 1: Illicit Activities Appendix 2: The Scope of the Humanitarian Aid Effort Appendix 3: The Marketization Balance Sheet Notes References Index

A rigorous study. -- Anna Fifield Financial Times This book belongs on the list of required reading. -- Claudia Rosett New York Sun This is a haunting, exasperating, sobering look at an ongoing tragedy. -- Terry Hong The Bloomsbury Review The quality of analysis and prose is consistently high throughout. -- Brian Myers Acta Koreana A comprehensive and penetrating account. Swarthmore College Bulletin A readable, well-researched, and insightful analysis... Highly recommended. Choice Famine in North Korea: Markets, Aid, and Reform offers a systematic bird's eye view of the fundamental causes and consequences of North Korea's famine. -- Chung Min Lee Asia Policy Backed by data treated with appropriate caution, Haggard and Noland cogently present the sad North Korean story... [An] impressive work. The Lancet Famine in North Korea is as good as the best of its genre. -- Raghav Gaiha Development and Change [An] essential book. -- Stephen Devereux Journal of Economic Literature This book will be of interest to those in the Korean studies field as well as among humanitarian and public policy circles -- Suzy Kim The Journal of Asian Studies