구 동독에 있어서 체제전환과 세계화의 지역적 영향

Abstract

and Its Regional ConsequencesThe purpose of this study is to review the regional changes in the former GDR after be-ginning of economic transformation and glob-alization and to define its implications for North Korea. In this study, marketization, pri-vatization and globalization are defined as the key variables determining the post-reform re-gional development in the former GDR. Marketization in land and housing and attract-ing foreign investment by globalization in the former GDR have begun to change the scene of regional development. An important spatial consequence of transformation was the grow-ing regional disparities. If marketization, pri-vatization and economic globalization are im-plemented in North Korea, the winners and los-ers among the North Korean regions could be more apparent. If rapid economic integration were implemented in North Korea after uni-fication, the regions specialized with heavy in-pressed than other regions. It means the prob-lem of regional disparities could be more seri-ous than now. Therefore, careful preparations for unification are essential for minimizing the negative effects and costs of unification. This is a reason why we are concerned about the expe-rience of Germany.