David Ashton & Francis Green 
Education and Training for Development in East Asia [PDF ebook] 
The Political Economy of Skill Formation in Newly Industrialised Economies

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.