The experience of the Asia-Pacific Rim is crucial in testing new growth theories which emphasize human resources, for example, investments in education and heal

The field of Human Resource Development (HRD) has grown in prominence as an independent discipline from its roots in both management and education since the 198

A wide-ranging, interdisciplinary analysis of the evolution of successful economic policies in East Asia, this study advances a thorough examination of the sust

The chapters in this book provide a diverse set of topics, perspectives and formulations about educational issues in a group of important Pacific Rim countries.

The East Asian countries have been relatively more advanced than other developing countries in the field of human capital development. Even in the 1960s they ma