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This article reviews (a) the population and income levels of some selected economies to provide a broad indication of their educational need and of the capacity to finance them; (b) the main features of the level of participation in education, the resources provided, and the degree of public and private provision and finance; and (c) education strategies pursued in the selected economies. The article draws on an earlier study by Lenahan, Burke and Ma (1998) of educational expenditure and participation in selected economies in the Asia-Pacific region. The economies considered here in order of their income per head in 2000 are Japan, Hong Kong, Australia, Singapore, Republic of Korea, Malaysia, Thailand, Philippines, China, Indonesia and Vietnam.
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Burke, G., Lenahan, R., Ma, H.T. (2003). Educational Expenditure and Participation in East Asia and Australia. In: Keeves, J.P., et al. International Handbook of Educational Research in the Asia-Pacific Region. Springer International Handbooks of Education, vol 11. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-3368-7_3
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