A Study on the Decentralization and Regionalization of Public Policy for Regional Development

Taehwan Kim

In recent years, decentralization reform has been conceived as an inevitable force for the competitiveness of a nation and regions in many countries. It is also accepted that the sectoral approach to public policy by central government is challenged by the place-based approach. This study aims to investigate and analyse the existing system of centralized policy making process in regional development field and also suggests the policies and programs for the establishment of region-based policy system. Especially this study has focused on 'regionalization' of the central government's function in regional development. The concept of regionalization is defined in this study as the changed public policy making process which considers more regional condition than the national objectives. This study insists that decentralization of central government functions is necessary in order to achieve the self-reliant regional development. While local government in Korea has a low level of delegation power in the sphere of regional development, central government has still overall responsibility for the economic development in the region. This study has put much emphasis on the significance of local industrial policy by the need of region. While central government so far has played a overwhelming role in the regional economic development planning, it has produced many problems which include its inconsistency with other local development planning such as transportation planning, urban planning, housing planning and so on. For the purpose of self-sustained regional development, it is necessary to decentralize the planning and execution power of central government to local government. It is also suggested that central government has to design more strategic role for example as information provider, facilitator and promotor for the nation-wide regional development.

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