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

Cases of Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam

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  • © 2009

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Editors:
  1. Yasushi Hirosato

    1. Asian Development Bank, Philippines

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  2. Yuto Kitamura

    1. Nagoya University, Japan

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  • Provides a conceptual/analytical framework to analyze educational reforms from the perspectives of the political economy
  • Offers an excellent overview of capacity development, basic and higher education in Southeast Asia by internationally well-known authors and by co-editors
  • Conducts in-depth and updated case studies of Indochina countries (i.e., Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam) where only few previous case studies are available
  • Includes both national and international authors who are well-known experts on Southeast Asia including case countries
  • Provides relevant sources of information for education policy makers, planners and practitioners both in developing countries and developed countries/aid agencies

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Table of contents (17 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiv
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  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.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Asian Development Bank, Philippines

    Yasushi Hirosato

  • Nagoya University, Japan

    Yuto Kitamura

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