Home About KDI Mission & History
KDI was established by the Korean government as economic think tank to provide a rigorous academic perspective on the various economic policy issues that had risen during Korea's rapid growth and development in the 1960s. Since then, the provide expert analysis and advice on all aspects of long-and short-term government policies in areas ranging from domestic economic policy to international trade and investment.
In addition, KDI has played an increasingly important role in promoting international economic cooperation. By sponsoring international forums on development and maintaining close links with research organizations and individual scholars all over the globe, KDI helps to strengthen ties between Korea and the rest of the world.
| No | Title |
|---|---|
| Dec. 1970 | Promulgation of law establishing KDI (Law No. 2247) |
| Feb. 1971 | Promulgation of Presidential Act establishing KDI (Presidential Act No. 5527) |
| Mar. 1971 | KDI established |
| Mar. 1971 | Mahn-Je Kim appointed President |
| Jun. 1972 | Institute relocated to Hong-Reung Research Complex |
| Jan. 1982 | Kihwan Kim appointed President |
| Nov. 1983 | Seung Chul Ahn appointed President |
| Oct. 1986 | Yung Chul Park appointed President |
| Jun. 1987 | Bon-Ho Koo appointed President |
| Dec. 1991 | National Institute of Economic System and Information integrated withKDI (Law No. 4446) Establishment of the Center for Economic Information |
| Mar. 1992 | Heeyhon Song appointed President |
| May. 1993 | In Jeong Hwang appointed President |
| Mar. 1995 | Dong Se Cha appointed President |
| Dec. 1995 | Act on KDI amended establishing KDI Graduate School (Law no. 5047) |
| Dec. 1997 | Establishment of KDI School of International Studies |
| Mar. 1998 | Jin-Soon Lee appointed President |
| Sep. 1998 | Center for Economic Education’ changed to ‘Center for Economic Information and Education’ |
| Jan. 1999 | KDI Charter ratified to ‘Law on Foundation, Management and Growth of Government-financed Research Institutes’ |
| Nov. 1999 | ‘KDI School of International Studies’ to ‘KDI School of Public Policy and Management’ |
| Jan. 2000 | Establishment of the Public Investment Management Center |
| Mar. 2001 | Bong-Kyun Kang appointed President |
| Aug. 2002 | Choongsoo Kim appointed President |
| Jan. 2005 | Merger of the Private Investment Support Center of the Korea Research Institute for Human Settlement to Public and Private Infrastructure Investment Management Center (Law No. 7387) |
| Nov. 2005 | Jung Taik HYUN appointed President |
| Mar. 2009 | Oh-Seok Hyun takes office as March 2009 the 13th KDI president |
