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.
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This is the first book to provide such extensive information about the education and training systems of these four countries. It...makes some important and stimulating theoretical advances.... the book is well researched. The scholarship is excellent to outstanding.
–William K. Cummings, SUNY Buffalo
–William K. Cummings, SUNY Buffalo
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The remarkable historical episode, in which four impoverished agrarian economies - Hong Kong, Singapore, South Korea and Taiwan - were transformed in the space of little more than a generation into industrialised, comparatively affluent enclaves, has provided a spectacle of wonder and evoked enormous intellectual interest. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
developmental skill formation, skill formation model, public training centres, skill formation system, skill formation policy, public training system, skill formation policies, intermediate level skills, labour market studies, manpower plan, levy system, tiger economies, training reforms, skills supply, developmental state Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Hong Kong, South Korea, World Bank, Four Tigers, East Asian, Ministry of Education, Economic Development Board, Vocational Training Council, Asia Pacific, Economic Planning Board, Education Commission, Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Labour, President Park, Report of the Advisory Committee, Second World War, United States, Manpower Planning Department, National Productivity Board, People's Republic of China, Tung Chee Hwa, Industrial Development Board, Segal Quince Wicksteed Ltd, United Nations, Blue House New!
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The remarkable historical episode, in which four impoverished agrarian economies - Hong Kong, Singapore, South Korea and Taiwan - were transformed in the space of little more than a generation into industrialised, comparatively affluent enclaves, has provided a spectacle of wonder and evoked enormous intellectual interest. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
developmental skill formation, skill formation model, public training centres, skill formation system, skill formation policy, public training system, skill formation policies, intermediate level skills, labour market studies, manpower plan, levy system, tiger economies, training reforms, skills supply, developmental state Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Hong Kong, South Korea, World Bank, Four Tigers, East Asian, Ministry of Education, Economic Development Board, Vocational Training Council, Asia Pacific, Economic Planning Board, Education Commission, Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Labour, President Park, Report of the Advisory Committee, Second World War, United States, Manpower Planning Department, National Productivity Board, People's Republic of China, Tung Chee Hwa, Industrial Development Board, Segal Quince Wicksteed Ltd, United Nations, Blue House New!
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- Hong Kong: Economic Growth and Policy by A.J. Youngson on page 107, page 112, and Back Matter
- The Political Economy of the New Asian Industrialism (Anthropology of Contemporary Issues) by Frederic C. Deyo in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Manufacturing Miracles by Gary Gereffi in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Employment Relations in the Growing Asian Economies (Routledge Advances in Asia-Pacific Business) by Thomas Kochan in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Far East by Himalayan International Institute in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
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- Capacity for Development: New Solutions to Old Problems by Sakiko Fukuda-Parr on page 117
- The IMF and the World Bank at Sixty (Anthem Politics and International Relations) by Ariel Buira on page 232
- Demanding Work: The Paradox of Job Quality in the Affluent Economy by Francis Green in Back Matter
- Approaching Transnationalisms: Studies on Transnational Societies, Multicultural Contacts, and Imaginings of Home by Brenda Yeoh in Back Matter
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