One cannot over-emphasize the importance of organizational and structural effectiveness in formulating and implementing a population policy successfully. First, in formulating and effectively implementing a population policy, it is imperative to keep the nation's common interest in mind. Second, a population policy should be formulated in coordination with other social and economic policies of the nation. There should also be an integration of various population policies to form a comprehensive national population policy. Population policy can be defined as the public policy designed to bring about a change or changes in population and demography or the nation in a desired direction. Deeping this definition in mind, let us examine the structure and organization of formulating the population policies in Korea. The authority in formulating the population polices in Korea resides in the Population Policy Evaluation Committee. This Committee has not taken a comprehensive view of population issues. Instead, it has confined its activities in slowing the growth rate of the nation's population. Furthermore, the Committee has not been active even in the this narrowly confined area of population issues. As for the Korea Development Institute which supports this Committee, it showed the lack of committment in the population issues of the nation's by the recruiting and securing the personnel necessary to formulate a comprehensive population policy. Therefore, one cannot expect the KDI to effectively oversee the formulation and implementation of the nation's population policy. The Fourth Investment Section of the Economic Planning Board which supervises and in fact operates the Committee does not have the experts in the population area and therefore, it does not have the expertise necessary to initiate sound population policies for the Committee to formulate, and then to implement the policies one they are formulated by the Committee. As pointed above, requires a comprehensive approach and coordination among various branches of the government are required to formulate and effectively execute a sound population policy. At present, however, there is no effective coordination among the various departments which deal with population policy and there is no overall organizational support. Another impediment to the effective formulation and implementation of population policies in Korea is the fact that there is no research organization which conducts research on all aspects of population with a comprehensive view of population problems. As a result, the research products tend to be fragmented and research that the government establishes an organization or designate an existing one which possesses the requisite expertise and authority to deal exculsively all the problems involved in formulation and implementing of a comprehensive population policy. It is also proposed that the government establish a research organization which might be named as the Korea Population Development Institute, patterned after the Korea Development Institute, which will coordinate all research efforts in population area. At the same time, there should be better channels or communications among various branches of government and other organizations in diseminating the research results on population and exchanging information on population issues Discussant Pyo, Seh,Jin, Director, Fourth Investment Section, Economic Planning Board: There are several discrepancies between what Professor Ahn presented and the facts of matter. Discussant Shin, Byong Shik, Chief, Family Planning Section, Ministry of Health and social Affairs: If what Professor Ahn proposed does not materialize, in other words, if there would be no all inclusive population research institute or an organization which can deal with all population problems effectively, there should be an examination of alternative ways to deal with the current population problems discussed by Professor Ahn. Discussant Yoon, Jong Joo, Professor of Sociology, Seoul Women's College: The idea of establishing an all inclusive population research center is sound one. However, it should not be an already existing organization. One should set forth what such a research center should be like and then proceed on that basis from the start. The population Association of Korea is the suitable organization which should initiate an examination or problems which might arise. in establishing such a research center and formulate a plan of action toward the establishment of the new research center. If such a population research institute were to be established, a close cooperation with the Korea Land Development Institute is essential. Discussant Professor Park, Hoong Soo: If an all inclusive population research center were to be established, its area of research should extend to that of social development. It should also be remembered that there is no reason to expect that a good organization of sound population policies. If there were enough funds available, the various targets set in the nation's population policy could be achieved through the existing governmental organizations and agencies. What is more important is not the establishment of a new research center but how to contact and educate the targeted population for family planning. In summary, although various opinions have been expressed which criticized the two basic proposals made by Professor Ahn, there seems to be a consensus that the proposals are basically sound ones. The participants urged that the Population Association of Korea come up with a rationale which justifies the establishment of a new institute of population research of population policy.
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Ⅰ. 序論 Ⅱ. 人口政策과 관련된 政府機構 Ⅲ. 人口政策을 뒷받침하는 硏究機關 Ⅳ. 結論 및 提言 參考資料 SUMMARY