World Bank Group Korea Office Innovation and Technology Note SeriesEnabling Data-Driven InnovationLearning from Korea’s Data Policies and Practices for Harnessing AI JANUARY 2024, NOTE SERIES NUMBER 11Public Disclosure AuthorizedPublic Disclosure AuthorizedPublic Disclosure AuthorizedPublic Disclosure AuthorizedENABLING DATA-DRIVEN INNOVATIONPAGE | 2Acknowledgements This case study was made possible by the support of the Korea Digital Development Program (KoDi) of the Digital Development Global Practice at the World Bank. The drafting team authoring the report comprised Zaki B. Khoury (Senior Digital Development Specialist and Task Team Leader, Korea Digital Development Program); Yoon-seok Ko (Executive Principal, NIA); Seok-Jin Eom (Professor, Seoul National University); Keon Chul Park (Senior Researcher, Advanced Institute of Convergence Technology); Jung-Eun Park (Research Fellow, NIA); Bora Cho (Manager, NIA); Jisoo Lee (Consultant, World Bank); and Yulia Lesnichaya (Consultant, World Bank).The authors are grateful to the Ministry of Science and ICT (MSIT) of the government of Korea for providing valuable inputs and information for this case study, as well as the valuable contribution received from the National Information Society Agency (NIA). The authors also appreciate the guidance and support received from Jason Allford, Special Representative to Korea at The World Bank; Mahesh Uttamchandani, Practice Manager, East Asia Pacific (EAP) region, Digital Development; and Malarvizhi Veerappan, Program Manager and Senior Data Scientist, Development Economics at the World Bank. Special thanks go also to the following individuals for their valuable comments: Yong-jin Lee, Executive Director of NIA; Professor Tae-Woo Nam of the Sungkyunkwan University; Professor Kyung Ryul Park of the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST); Mark Williams; Jen JungEun Oh; as well as Oleg V. Petrov, Rong Chen, Jonathan Marskell; Sharmista Appaya, and Toni Kristian Eliasz of the World Bank Digital Development Global Practice. The authors are also thankful to Luba Vangelova and Sunny Kaplan for providing editorial guidance, the Korea Digital Development Program (KoDi) team, and The World Bank’s Korea Office for overall support. Rights and PermissionsThe material in this work is subject to copyright. Because the World Bank encourages dissemination of its knowledge, this work may be reproduced, in whole or in part, for noncommercial purposes as long as full attribution to this work is given. Any queries on rights and licenses, including subsidiary rights, should be addressed to World Bank Publications, The World Bank Group, 1818 H Street, NW, Washington, DC 20433, USA; fax: 202-522- 2625; e-mail: pubrights@worldbank.org. The Korea Office Innovation and Technology Note Series is intended to summarize Korea’s good practices and key policy findings on topics related to i...
