The Political Economy of Educational Reforms and Capacity Development in Southeast Asia

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xiv

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2. Theoretical and Analytical Framework

   1. Introduction

      • Yasushi Hirosato, Yuto Kitamura

      Pages 1-3

   2. An Integrated Framework for Analyzing Education Reforms and Capacity Development in Developing Countries: Why, How, and for Whom?

      • Yasushi Hirosato, Yuto Kitamura

      Pages 7-21

   3. A Conceptual Model for “Indigenizing” Education Reforms and Capacity Development in Developing Countries

      • Yasushi Hirosato

      Pages 23-39

   4. An Analytical Framework of Educational Development and Reform in Developing Countries: Interaction Among Actors in the Context of Decentralization

      • Yuto Kitamura, Yasushi Hirosato

      Pages 41-51

3. An Overview

   1. Capacity Building Strategies: East Asian Approaches

      • William K. Cummings

      Pages 55-73

   2. Education Reforms and Capacity Development in Basic Education: Illustration from Indochina

      • Yasushi Hirosato, Yuto Kitamura

      Pages 75-89

   3. Education Reforms and Capacity Development in Higher Education

      • David W. Chapman

      Pages 91-109

4. Country Case Studies

   1. Cambodia

      1. Education Reform Context and Process in Cambodia

         • Sitha Chhinh, Sideth S. Dy

         Pages 113-129

      2. Basic Education in Cambodia: Quality and Equity

         • Keng Chansopheak

         Pages 131-152

      3. Higher Education in Cambodia

         • Chet Chealy

         Pages 153-165

   2. Vietnam

      1. Education Reform Context and Process in Vietnam

         • Takao Kamibeppu

         Pages 169-189

      2. The Distribution of Education in Vietnam: Why Does Equality Matter?

         • Donald B. Holsinger

         Pages 191-216

      3. Education Reform in Lower Secondary Education in Vietnam

         • Le Cong Luyen Viet

         Pages 217-236

      4. Higher Education in Vietnam

         • Gerald W. Fry

         Pages 237-261

   3. Lao PDR

      1. Education Reform Context and Process in Lao PDR: Focusing on Basic Education

         • Inthasone Phetsiriseng

         Pages 265-282

      2. Higher Education in Lao PDR

         • Keiichi Ogawa

         Pages 283-301

   4. Conclusion: “Indigenization” of Education Reforms Through Capacity Development

      • Yasushi Hirosato, Yuto Kitamura

      Pages 303-311

5. Back Matter

   Pages 313-325

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Yasushi Hirosato and Yuto Kitamura Developing countries, including Southeast Asian countries, face an enormous challenge in ensuring equitable access to quality education in the context of deepening globalization and increasing international competition. They must simultaneously meet the goals of Education for All (EFA) at the basic education level and of developing a more sophisticated workforce required by the knowledge-based economy at the post-basic, especially tertiary, education level. To meet this challenge, developing countries need to reform/renovate their education systems and service deliveries as an integral part of national development. However, most of them have not yet fully developed the individual, institutional, and system capacities in undertaking necessary education reforms, especially under decentralization and privatization requiring new roles at various (central and local, or public and private) levels of administration and stakeholders. Provided that an ultimate vision of educational development and cooperation in the twenty-first century would be to develop indigenous capacity in engineering education reforms, this book analyzes the overall education reform context and capacity, including the status of sector program support using the sector-wide approach (SWAp)/program-based approach (PBA) in developing countries. We also address how different stakeholders have been interacting in order to promote equitable access to quality education, particularly from the perspectives of capacity development under the system of decentralization.

• access to education
• capacity development
• education
• education policy
• education reform
• educational development
• educational reform
• political economy
• southeast asia

• Asian Development Bank, Philippines

  Yasushi Hirosato

• Nagoya University, Japan

  Yuto Kitamura

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