미국의 작물수입보험 실태와 시사점

최경환(Choi, Kyeong-Hwan) 한국농촌경제연구원 2011 한국농촌경제연구원 연구자료 Vol.- No.-

농작물재해보험의 성과와 정책과제

최경환(Kyeong-Hwan Choi),채광석(Gwang-seok Chae),윤병석(Byeong-Seok Yoon) 한국농촌경제연구원 2010 한국농촌경제연구원 기본연구보고서 Vol.- No.-

농어촌지역 슬레이트지붕의 실태와 대책방향

이동필(Dong-Phil Lee),최경환(Kyeong-Hwan Choi),허주녕(Heo Joo-Nyung),이민수(Min-Soo Lee) 한국농촌경제연구원 2010 한국농촌경제연구원 정책연구보고서 Vol.- No.-

The purpose of this study was to explore the current situation and countermeasures to the asbestos-slate-roof problem in rural Korea. According to the Ministry of Environment, the share of asbestos slate roof occupies 38percent of total rural residents" houses and the asbestos slate includes about 10∼15percent of asbestos which is well known as a class one carcinogen. The Korean government provides favorable incentives to the residents who want slate-house remodeling with a long-term house loan program while surveys the real situation of asbestos-slate-roof houses in terms of age, usage, and residents. However, this program does not fit very well because most residents of asbestos-slate-roof houses are very old and poor, and do not have any intention to remodel their house any more. Based on the research results, the followings are recommended as major countermeasures: (1) Conduct a comprehensive survey of the real situation of the asbestos-slate-roof houses and develop a master plan to deal with related issues. Since asbestos is a toxic substance and most residents of asbestos roof houses belong to a neglected social class, government support is necessary for removal and replacement of asbestos slate roof. (2) Advertise to warn the people how hazardous asbestos is, and provide education on how to handle asbestos-slate-roof materials. This education may reduce the unnecessary fear which may be caused by the misunderstanding of the asbestos slate and help reduce the cost of removing the asbestos slate by themselves. Designation of waste collection sites near rural centers and proper education of how to handle the asbestos slate with an instruction manual are useful ways of reducing the cost of replacing the asbestos slate roof. (3) Modify the asbestos-related administrative systems which are operated by the Ministry of Environment, the Ministry for Food, Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, the Ministry of Land, Transport and Maritime Affairs, the Ministry of Health and Welfare, and the Ministry of Public Administration and Security, and legislate laws for supporting the replacement of asbestos slate roof.

농어촌 사회복지전달체계 개선에 관한 연구

박대식(Dae-Shik Park),최경환(Kyeong-Hwan Choi),조미형(Mi-Hyoung Cho) 한국농촌경제연구원 2012 한국농촌경제연구원 기본연구보고서 Vol.- No.-

Background of Research The purpose of this study is 1) to investigate the current situation and problems of rural delivery system of social welfare, 2) to identify the current conditions and problems of related policies, and 3) to suggest policy tasks to improve the rural delivery system of social welfare. Method of Research The research methods were the field survey, mail survey, and case study. A field survey was conducted among 300 rural residents. A mail survey was conducted among 343 governmental social workers and 186 nongovernment social workers. A case study was conducted in 6 rural counties. Existing related data were collected by searching the data of related research institutes and governmental organizations. Descriptive statistics such as frequencies, percentage, means and F-test tables were used to organize and summarize the data. Research Results and Implications Major problems of the rural delivery system of social welfare are as follows: 1) shortage of social welfare resource and the overburden of social welfare tasks, 2) accessibility problem of rural residents, 3) insufficiency of professionalization, 4) insufficiency of service linkage and cooperation between governmental sector and nongovernmental sector, and 5) difficulty of integrated case management and visiting service. Major policy tasks to improve the rural delivery system of social welfare are as follows: 1) construction of a rural typed delivery system of social welfare, 2) improvement of the accessibility problem for rural residents, 3) upbringing of rural social welfare manpower and reinforcement of professionalization, 4) reinforcement of service linkage and cooperation between governmental sector and nongovernmental sector, 5) reinforcement of the integrated case management and visiting service, and 6) extension of the rural social welfare project in agriculture related institutes.

지역특화산업 육성을 위한 지리적표시제도의 운영실태와 발전방안

이동필(Dong-Phil Lee),최경환(Kyeong-Hwan Choi),홍준표(Junpyo Hong) 한국농촌경제연구원 2011 한국농촌경제연구원 기본연구보고서 Vol.- No.-

우리나라는 1999년 지리적표시제도를 도입하고 2002년 보성녹차가 처음으로 등록한 이래 2011년 5월 현재 123개의 지역특산 농산물과 그 가공품이 등록되어 양적으로는 괄목할 만한 성장을 거둔 것을 부인하기 어렵다. 또한 2005년부터는 상표법에 의한 지리적표시 단체표장제도도 시행되고 있다. 유사한 목적의 제도가 이중으로 실시되고 있는 것이다. 이 연구의 목적은 우리나라 지리적표시제도의 운영 실태와 문제점을 살펴보고, 이 제도의 실효성과 효율성을 제고하는 방안을 모색하는 것이다. 지리적표시 활용 실태를 파악하기 위하여 등록단체를 대상으로 우편설문조사와 심층사례조사를 실시하였다. 조사 결과를 보면, 해당 지방자치단체가 생산자단체와 함께 지리적표시 등록을 추진하고 있으나 전반적으로 당초 취지대로 활용되지 못하고 있는 것으로 나타났다. 활용되지 않는 주된 이유는 지리적표시의 효과는 가시적으로 나타나지 않는 반면, 이를 활용하기 위해서는 시간과 비용이 추가로 소요되기 때문이다. 지리적표시가 성과를 나타내기 위해서는 소비자들이 지리적표시를 이해할 수 있도록 적절한 홍보가 필요하다는 것이 등록단체들의 주장이다. 한편, 지리적표시의 명성을 유지하기 위하여 자체 품질관리가 중요하지만, 관련 전문인력과 장비가 절대적으로 부족한 것이 가장 큰 애로사항으로 제기되었다. 이러한 상황에서도 각 지자체에서는 실적을 올리기 위해 경쟁적으로 지리적표시와 지리적표시 단체표장을 병행 등록하는 것이 최근의 추세이다. 소비자에 대한 홍보의 필요성은 소비자 조사 결과에서도 확인할 수 있다. 전체 응답자 중 15% 정도만이 지리적표시제도에 대해 알고 있다라고 응답하여 소비자의 인지도가 상당히 낮은 것으로 나타났다. 또한, 지리적 표시제도가 원래의 취지대로 잘 운영되기 위해서는 대국민 홍보(39.1%) 및 철저한 사후관리(26.1%)가 필요하다는 것이 소비자들의 의견이다. 따라서 앞으로 지리적표시보호제도가 실효성 있는 제도로 발전하기 위해서는 (1) 현행 지리적표시 등록 품목의 재정비, (2) 향후 지리적표시 등록대상 선정 신중, (3) 지리적표시 등록품에 대한 철저한 품질관리 및 사후관리 지원, (4) 지리적표시에 대한 생산자 교육 및 소비자 홍보 강화, (5) 지리적표시제도와 지역특화산업 육성 관련 정책의 연계 강화, 그리고 (6) 지리적표시제도와 지리적표시 단체표장제도의 재정비 등이 필요하다고 판단된다. A geographical indication (GI) system was introduced to Korea in 1999 and Bo-Seong Green Tea was first registered with this system in 2002. Since then, the volume of GI-registered agricultural goods in Korea has increased tremendously, leading to one hundred twenty three products by May 2011. Additionally, a GI collective mark system was introduced in 2005. Currently, the two systems have similar characteristics and are used side by side. This study seeks to examine the realities and issues of operating the Korean geographical indication system. The final purpose of this study is to find a way to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of the system. In order to examine how the geographical indication system is used, we performed intensive surveys and case studies of the organizations that were in charge of the registration. According to the results of surveys and case studies, local governments and producer organizations had together played leading roles in the registration of the geographical indication. However, once the registration was completed, the system did not work properly. The reason for this inadequate operation is twofold. While the effect of the geographical indication appears with a time lag, the system requires additional time and cost to be active. The producer organizations that registered their agricultural products with the geographical indication insist that more exposure of their products to consumers through the media such as TV or newspapers can yield a distinctive performance of the geographical indication system. In the meantime, appropriate management of product quality and a plenty number of personnel can guarantee the reputation of GI-registered products. However, each local government tries to register its agricultural products with both the geographical indication system and the GI collective mark system to achieve superficial outcomes. A survey on consumer recognition of the geographical indication confirms the need to promote it to consumers. Only fifteen percent of consumer respondents recognized the geographical indication, which leads to the conclusion that consumer recognition is very low. Consumer opinions are that more consumer promotion (39.1%) and strict management of product quality (26.1%) are required for the geographical indication to be a useful system. The solutions for making the GI system effective can be summarized as follows: (1) reorganization of the current GI-registered products, (2) cautious selection of future GI-registered products, (3) exhaustive quality control and post-management of GI-registered products, (4) reinforcement of connection between the geographical indication and support policies for competitive regional industries, and (5) reorganization of the geographical indication system and the GI collective mark system.

농어촌 지역의료보험제도의 개선방안

최경환 건국대학교 1995 대학원 학술논문집 Vol.42 No.-

This paper discusses on the implemental strategies of Rural Health Insurance(RHI) System in Korea. Main purposes of this paper are as follow : First, review the procedure of the RHI pro-gram. Second, identify the problems of the RHI-And third suggest new strateges to overcome the RHI problems. Korea set up National Health Insurance(NHI) System in a short period. However,this system has inequality problems among insurers because the NHI program was implemented based on the administrative district unit(Gun,i.e.County) and the occupational similarity which is classi-fied by the number of employees-Since most rural insurers are consisted of low and unstable in-come people such as the elderly, small farmers, and retired men, etc, the size of the RHI is too small to get balanced operation. Rural people, as a result, has many disadvantages absolutely and relatively in terms of paying premiums, receiving medical service, burdening excessive administrative costs,etc. compared to the other people such as governmental officers and large company emploeees.This inequality is one of the most critical RHI problems. There are two different approaches to solve these rural people's disadvantages in the NHI system. One is maintain the current NHI system with partial improvement.Another is to inte-grate many insurem(organizations) which are established by the regions and the occupations in view of complete remodeling the NHI system. Followings are suggested as new strateges m improve the RHI problems. First, unify the dif-ferent insurance rating by the types of health insurance. Second, reinforce preliminary medical care system and reform the special treatment system which is disturbing the NHI system.Third, reduce personal medical cost through the reinforcement of medical service sysytem-These sug-gestions, however, are not enough to heal the RHI problems foundamentaly. Integration of all the health insurance organizations(insurers) is strongly suggested as a conclusion in the long run.