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timelets“...states like South Korea and Taiwan that took off economically with educational capital that was well below average. Fifty-five per cent of Taiwanese were illiterate at the end of the Second World War; the figure was still 45 per cent in 1960. Literacy in South Korea in 1950 was lower than in contemporary Ethiopia.
In the Philippines, the US colonial government placed great emphasis on investment in schooling in the early twentieth century. Even today the Philippines has the highest level of tertiary-educated students in south-east Asia. But because more important policy choices were flunked, the country is on the cusp of being a failed state.”
--- Joe Studwell. “How Asia Works.”
In the Philippines, the US colonial government placed great emphasis on investment in schooling in the early twentieth century. Even today the Philippines has the highest level of tertiary-educated students in south-east Asia. But because more important policy choices were flunked, the country is on the cusp of being a failed state.”
--- Joe Studwell. “How Asia Works.”
