On December 9th, Korea Association of International Development and Cooperation (KAIDEC) 2016 Annual Academic Conference took place at the Korea Institute of Public Administration (KIPA). A total of approximately 250 professors, specialists and students attended the conference, where selected graduate students presented their papers submitted for screening in the graduate student research paper contest. Eleven teams from seven different universities (Seoul National University, Korea University, KDI, Kyung Hee University, Hankuk University of Foreign Studies, Soongsil University, Pusan National University) participated in the presentation. Yehrhee SHIM and Bo Kyung KIM, a team from GSIS Seoul National University, were announced as 2nd place to win the excellence prize.