An Appraisal of Developmental Crises in Africa: Lessons From the Asian Tigers

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Abdulyakeen Abdulrasheed ◽  
Bashir Ibrahim Aminu
Keyword(s):  
Asian Tigers

Similarities in the Consumption Patterns of the Five Asian Tigers

2003 ◽  
Vol 17 (3) ◽  
pp. 297-323 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eliyathahby Antony Selvanathan ◽  
Saroja Selvanathan
Keyword(s):  
Consumption Patterns ◽  
Asian Tigers

Economic freedom and the success of the Asian tigers: an essay on controversy

2003 ◽  
Vol 19 (3) ◽  
pp. 453-477 ◽  
Author(s):  
Martin Paldam
Keyword(s):  
Economic Freedom ◽  
Asian Tigers

World class universities and international student mobility: Repositioning strategies in the Asian Tigers

2021 ◽  
Vol 16 (3) ◽  
pp. 295-317
Author(s):  
Anatoly V Oleksiyenko ◽  
Sheng-Ju Chan ◽  
Stephanie K Kim ◽  
William Yat Wai Lo ◽  
Keenan Daniel Manning
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
International Student ◽  
Student Mobility ◽  
Global Science ◽  
Major Cluster ◽  
Knowledge Economies ◽  
Asian Tigers ◽  
World Class ◽  
Local Students ◽  
World Class Universities

A major cluster of economic engines that have changed Asian higher education, Hong Kong, Singapore, South Korea, and Taiwan have all developed high-income societies as well as world-class universities which linked local “knowledge economies” to global science and created hubs for international collaborations and mobility. However, there has been limited analysis of interdependencies between the rise of world-class universities and changes in the flows of international talent. This paper elaborates on the concept of higher education internationalization that aims at enhancing geopolitical equity in global mobility and re-positioning local students for improved access to the world-class excellence. The paper compares key themes and patterns that define the Tiger societies’ unique positions in the field of global higher education.

scholarly journals Nigerian’s Foreign Policy and Vision 20-2020: Any Lessons from the “Asian Tigers?

2017 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 29
Author(s):  
Cyril Anaele
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Policy ◽  
Asian Tigers

Foreign policy is the vehicle used by sovereign states to achieve their national objectives in international relationsand among committee of nations. Over the years, Nigeria’s foreign policy has been dynamic in response to domesticneeds and externalities. One of the pillars of Nigeria’s foreign policy amongst several is the promotion of the idealsof Vision 20:2020, through which she seeks to become one of the twenty world economies by the year 2020. Thepaper’s position is that for Nigeria to realize this robust dream, she must situate her economic foreign policy towardscreation of strong infrastructures, create congenial development climate, and learn some instructive lessons from theeconomic miracles of the Asia ‘Tigers’.

Asian Tigers: Singapore, Hong Kong, Taiwan, and South Korea

2016 ◽  
pp. 1-11
Author(s):  
Jini Kim Watson
Keyword(s):  
Hong Kong ◽  
South Korea ◽  
Asian Tigers

scholarly journals Four Asian Tigers' Political and Economic Development Revisited 1998-2017: From the Perspective of National Identity

2021 ◽  
Vol .4 (4) ◽  
pp. 54-61
Author(s):  
Dong-Ching Day
Keyword(s):  
Economic Development ◽  
Hong Kong ◽  
National Identity ◽  
South Korea ◽  
Developmental State ◽  
State Theory ◽  
Economic Growth Rate ◽  
Asian Tigers ◽  
Identity Issue ◽  
Better Than

Developmental state used to be and is still regarded as a very practical theory to explain why Four Asian Tigers-Taiwan, South Korea, Hong Kong, and Singapore enjoyed almost averagely double-digit economic growth rate each year from 1970 to 1990 as well as East Asian economic development. However, developmental state theory couldn’t tell why South Korea and Singapore’s economic development had done much better than Taiwan and Hong Kong’s in terms of GDP per capita after 2003 and 2004 respectively. The aim of the study is trying to use national identity perspective to explain why it happens like this, since Four Asian Tigers’ economic development more or less was troubled by national identity issue. The major difference between these two groups is that South Korea and Singapore have done better in dealing with national identity issue than Taiwan and Hong Kong.

Evaluating the Malaysian economy 2009-2018: growth, development and policies

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Irwan Shah Zainal Abidin
Keyword(s):  
Growth Rate ◽  
Financial Crisis ◽  
Prime Minister ◽  
Global Financial Crisis ◽  
High Growth ◽  
Substantial Impact ◽  
New Approach ◽  
Asian Tigers ◽  
New Vision ◽  
National Transformation

Malaysia was once on the cusp of becoming one of the Asian Tigers as a result of the impressively high growth rates recorded in the early 1990s. From 1990 until 1997, the growth rate was above 9 percent per annum on average. This performance came to an end when the economy was struck by the 1997/98 Asian Financial Crisis, the worst economic crisis Malaysia has ever experienced since independence. Things eventually worsened with the onslaught of the 2008/09 Global Financial Crisis, which dragged the Malaysian economy yet into another round of a recession with the growth rate contracting at 1.5 percent in 2009. On hindsight, these two events, which have had a substantial impact on the state of the Malaysian economy, pointed to several urgent calls for economic reforms, such as the need to address structural weaknesses of the economy and to have a growth target which is both sustainable as well as inclusive. When Datuk Seri Najib Razak became the sixth Prime Minister of Malaysia from April 2009 until May 2018, it was clear that a new approach to economic development for Malaysia had to be crafted. Towards this end, he introduced the National Transformation Policy (NTP), so that the economy can be transformed into one that is of high-income and developed status by the year 2020. He also set a new vision for Malaysia, also known as the 2050 National Transformation, or TN50, which is meant to chart a new course for Malaysia to move into the second half of the 21st century. How successful is this transformational agenda? What are the other issues and challenges which need to be addressed? What important lessons can we learn from this transformational journey? This book is an attempt to address these specific questions by assessing Najibs economic plans, policies, programmes and vision which evolved during the nine years of his term as the sixth Prime Minister of Malaysia.

Benchmarking Global Best Practices for Improving Higher Education Quality in Africa

2020 ◽  
pp. 72-90
Author(s):  
Harrison Adewale Idowu
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Best Practices ◽  
Policy Implementation ◽  
Relevant Literature ◽  
University Administrators ◽  
Significant Progress ◽  
Quality Of Higher Education ◽  
Higher Education Quality ◽  
Asian Tigers

Given the deplorable state of higher education and the relatively poor attention given to education by African leaders and university administrators, the chapter interrogates global best practices in higher education and how Africa can key into this. Europe and the Asian Tigers, considered to have made significant progress in quality of higher education, are used as benchmarks for best practices in higher education. Relying on the review of extant relevant literature and document analysis, the chapter finds that practices such as massive inclusion of vocational and technical trainings in higher education curricula; increase budgetary allocations to higher education and policy implementation beyond mere formulation have impacted positively on higher education in Europe and among the Asian Tigers. As such, the chapter concludes that if Africa must make significant progress and improve on the quality of its higher education, it must begin to use these practices.

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