SABER Workforce Development Korea Country Report 2013
The study benchmarked policies and institutions for workforce development (WfD) in Korea
and identified measures that helped strengthen the system. It relied on a new diagnostic tool
(SABER-WfD1) and a wide range of primary and secondary evidence to make the assessment,
focusing on the three Functional Dimensions of WfD polices and institutions identified in the
SABER-WfD tool: strategic framework; system oversight; and service delivery. By
documenting the status of these policies and institutions in 1970, 1990 and 2010 the study
tracked the progressive development of the Korean WfD system over a 40 year period during
which the economy grew rapidly. WfD institutions, policies and practices related to the first
Dimension, already strong in 1970, became stronger in subsequent decades, while significant
and steady gains were achieved in the other two Dimensions as well, especially after 1990.