Highly selective, the school takes on a small number of Korean and international students for its Master and Ph.D. programs taught in an institute-style research environment.Throughout its young history, the KDI School of Public Policy and Management has formed partnerships with major institutions and agencies related to South Korea's economic and international activities.In 1999, the school was appointed by the Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) as a partner institution, sharing knowledge and resources while also supporting a small number of students with scholarships.The school's curricula draw from accumulated resources of KDI and strive to meet the diverse and professional demands of the global economy.Commencing from 2012, students may take classes and earn credits or a degree in China and Japan, sponsored by a newly introduced, inter-governmental scholarship called CAMPUS Asia.The KDI School of Public Policy and Management, since establishment in 1997, has grown to have an international alumni network of over 1600 students from one-hundred and seven different countries.A majority of students admitted are mid-career professionals with 5–10 years of working experience in government, business, NGOs, media or academia.The objective of the program is to enable participants to enhance their contributions towards reaching G20 development goals set forth at the 2010 G20 Seoul summit in 2010.Mid to high level government officials from G20 and non-G20 countries are eligible for the programme and are provided specialized courses on G20 development agenda issues.The Research and Learning Resource Center (RLRC) was launched to promote KDI School as a global leader in sharing Korea's knowledge in development.K-Developedia is a comprehensive repository of Korea's development experience, launched by KDI School of Public Policy and Management in 2012.The database contains more than 35,000 full-texts and multimedia content (i.e. photos and videos), and provides free links to documents on Korea's development.It aims to provide open access to resources on Korea's development experience in an effort to be recognized as a complete research and knowledge repository.