Education and Training for Development in East Asia - The Political Economy of Skill Formation in Newly Industrialised Economies (Hardcover)

The East Asian miracle, or its putative 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 work provides an analysis of the development of education and training systems in Asia, and the relationship with the process of economic growth. The authors focus on how these systems facilitated their transition from labour intensive to capital intensive forms of production and explores the crucial role of government in managing this relationship. The hallmark of policymaking in these economies is that governments have been able to gear the output of their education and training systems to the requirements of any particular stage of growth, often by anticipating future skill demands. However, the book also considers to what extent this model of skill formation is being undermined by processes of economic liberalization and democratization. The text provides policy makers with a model of the skill formation process. It has practical implications for all those concerned with facilitating the process of economic development: from policy makers or sociologists to those

General

Imprint:	Routledge
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	June 1999
First published:	1999
Authors:	David Ashton • Francis Green • Donna James • Johnny Sung
Dimensions:	234 x 156 x 23mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	196
ISBN-13:	978-0-415-18126-6
Categories:	Books > Business & Economics > Economics > Development economics Books > Social sciences > Education > Careers guidance > Industrial or vocational training
LSN:	0-415-18126-7
Barcode:	9780415181266

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