K-Developedia, comprehensive on-line database for Korea''s development experience opened in November 2012 and has since collected and shared extensive information on Korean development. People from all over the world visit the site every day, searching for reports, thesis, journals, videos, presentations, archives and statistics on Korea''s economic growth. The number of visitors has been on the steady rise, not only from developing countries but from donor countries such as US, Japan and UK.

K-Developedia has recently been selected by the Blue House as one of the eight major portal sites in economics. Alexa, the biggest web-evaluator, has ranked K-Developedia as 166,824. Compared to KOICA''s 396,868 and KDI''s 451,317, this is an impressive feat given its short history of 19 months.

K-Developedia is a free, open-to-public knowledge database in English accessible from all around the globe (www.kdevelopedia.org). A mobile service has been provided since 2013 so that more people could access the service while on the field. Continuous efforts are being made to improve its user convenience. K-Developedia’s social networking’s Facebook and Twitter Pages now offer useful information for examinations and assessments, upcoming events organized by KDI School, monthly events, Korean economy graphs (e.g. Growth Rate of GDP in Korea) and heaps of other relevant information. With over 1,000 friends on Facebook and already 167 followers on Twitter, it has become a popular social tool for KDI School students and staff members alike.

By Luka Musicki (2014 MPP, Australia)