This study has been carried out in order to examine the characteristics and rationales of the rural development policies of the President Roh Moo-Hyun``s ``Participatory Government. The study is summarized into two different directions: characterization and rationalization. Characteristics of the government``s rural development policies during the President Roh Moo-Hyun``s ``Participatory Government (2003-2008) were three folds. First, the government has been more concerned with rural income level problems than those of living-environment standards. Second, the effect of the government``s rural development policies has depended heavily upon both ``green tourism`` and ``regional renovation``. Third, it has emphasized the applications of bottom-up approach particularly. This study found out a couple of problems about the rationales of the recent rural development policies; First, the developmental potentials and effects of policy measures which designate the rural green tourism, the regional renovation, and the bottom-up approach etc. were all over-estimated. Second, the structure of recent rural development policies was not vivid enough. Policy targets and measures have been proposed very vaguely; therefore, they have caused difficulties in identifying the actual feasibility and appropriateness of the rural development policies.
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