Kim, Hi Young2023-05-032023-05-031961-06https://hdl.handle.net/1794/28249195 pagesOne of the most striking characteristics of the developing underdeveloped countries of today may be found in the fact that those countries are suffering from balance of payments difficulties. Korea is by no means an exceptional case. Rather, the balance of payments problems in Korea are more acute than those in other countries in the corresponding stage of economic development. It should be, however, noted that the balance of payments difficulties are nothing but reflections of various obstacles confronted by each country in the course of economic development. Accordingly, the analysis of the factors responsible for the balance of payments difficulties should be the precondition for the exploration of possible ways to mitigate or overcome the difficulties and thereby to contribute to the economic development. The objective of this thesis is to determine the extent to which foreign exchange control policies have contributed and will be able to contribute to the mitigation of the balance of payments difficulties and therefore to the economic development of Korea. For this purpose, this thesis tries to answer the two broad questions, namely, (a) what are the major actors impeding the economic development of Korea and responsible for the fundamental disequilibrium in her balance of payments? and (b) what sorts of foreign exchange control policies have been adopted by the Korean government to combat the particular problems reflected in the balance of payments and how such policies contributed to the solution of the problem; particularly during the period 1953 - 1958?enCreative Commons BY-NC-ND 4.0-UScapital deficiencypopulation pressuresinflationary pressuresThesis / Dissertation