90年代初期,有关“亚洲奇迹”的文献大量出现。这些文献对于实绩优良的亚洲经济实体,即东亚HPAEs〖高业绩亚洲经济(High-Performing Asian Economies)〗所取得的非凡的增长速度作出各种各样的解释,但是几乎都一致肯定了教育在其中的重要作用。坎波斯(Campos)与鲁特(Root)在他们的研究报告《亚洲奇迹探寻》中强调“与其它许多发展中国家不同的是,所有的HPAEs都大量地对教育进行投资,并且是集中在初等教育与中等教育阶段。在这些国家中,基础教育(初等与中等教育)在教育预算分 In the early 1990s, there was a great deal of literature on “Asian Miracles.” These documents provide a wide range of explanations for the remarkable growth rates achieved by high-performance Asian economic entities, High-Performing Asian Economies in East Asia, but almost all agree that education The important role. Campos and Root stressed in their research report, “The Miracle of Asia,” that unlike many other developing countries, all HPAEs invest heavily in education and are concentrated in elementary Education and Secondary Education In these countries, basic education (primary and secondary education)