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Myungsoo ChoSecretary General

2013. 12. 06.

Development through Community empowerment

The Saemaul Undong Center

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1960 1970 1980 1990 2000 20060

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120000

USD (mil-lions)

< ODA trends for 50yrs >

- total DAC : 1960. 4676 → 2008. 119759 USD million (26times) 2

ODA & Poverty

( OECD.2009)

-Sub-Saharan Africa’s Share of Global Economic Activity (per capita): 1965~2004

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MDGs evaluation

MDGs 2005

Eradicate extreme poverty and huger ( MDG-1 ) 41

Achieve universal primary education ( MDG-2 ) 60

Promote gender equality and empower women( MDG-3 ) 0.88

Reduce child mortality ( MDG-4 ) 159

Improve maternal health ( MDG-5 ) 900

Combat HIV/AIDS, malaria and other diseases ( MDG-6 ) 5.8

Ensure environmental sustainability ( MDG-7 ) 56

Develop a global partnership for development ( MDG-8 ) 39,005

World Bank, 2008. World Development Indicator Database.

2015(target)

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Outlook

Impossibil-ity

Impossibil-ity

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Possibility

Impossibil-ity

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Saemaul Undong ◆ 1974 farm household income 〉 Urban household income

The economic planning board (1985)

Urban household in-come

1970 1974

2,500 US ＄

Farm Household In-come

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Economic growth Per capita Income

world Development Indicators database, 2010~2012, World Bank. World Economic Outlook Database-October 2010, IMF.

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▶ Sae : New, Better, Change

▶ Maul : Village, Community

▶ Undong : movement

Movement for new (better)

Community (Village)

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Successful Economic Development (1961~1970) - Rapid industrialization - growing economic disparity between urban area and rural area

Social Background

Urban area Rural area

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Launching of Saemaul Undong Officially announced launching of S.U. : 1970.4.22. Mayors, Governors meeting (Busan)

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< Late President Park >

“Without voluntary initiative of village

people, your community cannot stand

on your own feet. If you have self-re-

liant spirit, you will be able to become

independent with least support from

government.”

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First Initiative of government

Government handed out : 330 packs of cement to every village

Asked village people : select community leaders (man, woman) : discuss and decide what to do, how

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Core spirit

< diligence, self-help, cooperation >

Saemaul Training - All government employees (Central, Local)

- Saemaul Leaders, opinion leaders

Later, leaders of private sector

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Government support

Do not ask what to do Decision making → community

Government just supports - material (cement, iron cores) - technical support - financial support - administrative support

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Projects developed

improve community infrastructure

enhance community economy livestock (cow, pigs, chicken, etc.)

crops yielding high incomeimproving farm-land productivity

new farming machines and appliances

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Sub-sidy30%

Self-support

20%

Loan50%

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Project fundingTypical structure

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Change of Mindset & Attitude

“We can do it”

Do not wait until government to come

We can plan, manage, and develop our

community

Community start asking Gov’t to sup-

port

Gov’t focusing on incentive, competi-

tion, expansion

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• Cement 2100 packs per village, 2.6m/t of ironcores→ annually US ＄ 2000 per village(71~78)

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Project - examples

• Village road total 85,851km, 2,601m per village(71~75)

• Cultivators (power tillers) 0.5 per village (70)→ 26(86)

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Project - examples

• Electricity 20%(70) → 98%(77)• High-yielding rice planting 16% (72) → 55% (77) ※ rice 3.34m/t → 4.94m/t • Farm household income US ＄ 824(70)→2,961(77)

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Educa-tion

Change of

Mindset

Com-munity Owner-

ship

Incen-tives

compe-tition

Gov-ern-ment

Support

Success Formula

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Community Empowerment strategy

What to do How to do up to community

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deci-

sion

mak-

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finan-

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Volun-

tary

Partic-

ipa-

tion

Important factor

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Change of mindset

Can-doSpirit

Dili-genceSelf-help

Coop-eration

Will toFight

Poverty

The most important factor

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Saemaul Undong in Africa & Asia

Laos

Mongol

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Saemaul Undong in Africa & Asia

Uganda Tanzania

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THANK YOU

Global Saemaul Undong