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International Forum >> The Democracy Forum for East Asia>> Inaugural Conference
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Introduction
Session I: Providing Democratic Leadership Session II: Conflicting Interests and Strategies of Governmental Actors in Effecting Economic Reform Session III: Civil Society’s Response to the Economic Reform Agenda Agenda Participants |
Introduction The working conference on “The Politics of Economic Reform and Civil Society Responses,” held at the Sejong Institute in Sungnam, Korea, on December 11–12, 1999 was the first of three working conferences planned for 1999–2000 that examine concrete problems facing aspiring and emergent democracies in East Asia. The conference was organized by the Sejong Institute and the National Endowment for Democracy (NED) under the auspices of the Democracy Forum for East Asia. The conference focused on the problems democratic governments face in providing leadership and in developing consensus on economic reform, and on the role of civil society in shaping and responding to a reform agenda. Participants included scholars and leaders in government and nongovernmental organizations from Korea, Australia, Indonesia, the Philippines, Taiwan, Thailand, and the United States. With Dalchoong Kim, president of the Sejong Institute, in attendance, the conference opened with brief remarks by Jong Wan Kim of the Sejong Institute and Larry Diamond of the NED. During the subsequent three closed-session roundtables, designated speakers briefly introduced key themes and the conference participants then discussed the issues openly and frankly. While a broad range of views was expressed at the sessions, consensus was reached on a number of important issues, as reflected in the following summary of the three roundtables. |
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