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Competiveness and Human Resource Development

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  • Deolalikar, Anil
  • Hasan, Rana
  • Khan, Haider
  • Quibria, M.G.

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Rapid growth in a number of East Asian economies over the last three decades has been facilitated by an effective strategy of human resource development. The principal element of this strategy has been to provide basic education and health to a wider segment of society. This strategy helped these countries achieve rapid growth through labor-intensive manufacturing on one hand and ensure equitable distribution in society on the other. However, these countries are confronted with new human resource challenges as they attempt to make the transition to the next stage of development. As this paper points out, many of East Asia’s rapidly growing economies have paid inadequate attention to higher education and technological capability among their people. The paper identifies specific areas in which human resource development remains weak in developing Asia and suggests strategies and policies to overcome them.

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Date of creation: 1997
Date of revision: 1997
Publication status: Published in Asian Development Review 2.15(1997): pp. 131-163
Handle: RePEc:pra:mprapa:2819
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Keywords: Human Resource Development; East Asia; technological capability;

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  1. Haider A. Khan & Mariko Frame, 2007. "China's Energy Security: National Security, Ecological Balance and Regional Co-operation," CIRJE F-Series CIRJE-F-482, CIRJE, Faculty of Economics, University of Tokyo.
  2. Khan, Haider, 2008. "China’s New Development Strategy: Environment and Energy Security," MPRA Paper 7639, University Library of Munich, Germany, revised 2008.
  3. Haider Ali Khan, 2002. "China's Entry into the WTO: ICT Sectors, Innovation, Growth and Distribution," CIRJE F-Series CIRJE-F-157, CIRJE, Faculty of Economics, University of Tokyo.
  4. Haider A Khan, 2005. "China's Energy Dilemma," CIRJE F-Series CIRJE-F-385, CIRJE, Faculty of Economics, University of Tokyo.

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