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Education and Training for Development in East Asia

by David Ashton, Professor of Work and Education Economics Francis Green, Donna James, Jenny Sung, and Johnny Sung

Published 18 March 1999

The East Asian miracle, or its supposed demise, is always news. The Four Tiger economies of Hong Kong, Singapore, Taiwan and South Korea have experienced some of the fastest rates of economic growth ever achieved. This book provides the first detailed analysis of the development of education and training systems in Asia, and the relationship with the process of economic growth.