Investor Presentaiton
Investing in human capital
Many developing Asian
economies have not been
able to translate educational
investments even into basic
quality skills
Science-mathematics test performance,
Republic of Korea
Singapore
% of students
28.6
94.5
38.6
93.7
Japan
27.7
93.3
Viet Nam
14.9
93.2
Taipei, China
29.9
91.1
OECD
15.2
84.9
USA
11.3
82.9
Armenia**
2.7
82.7
Mongolia***
1.1
71.8
Thailand
2.6
66.8
Kazakhstan 0.6
65.7
Malaysia
1.2
58.5
Philippines** 0.3
39.5
Indonesia 0.2
35.4
18.6
Kyrgyz Republic*
0.1 18.5
50
■600+
100
400+
PISA/TIMSS test scores representative
of students aged 14-15
0400 = basic cognitive skills
80600 = top-level cognitive skills
50
YEARS
ADB
India (Tamil Nadu)* 0.0
Source: PISA 2009* and 2012; TIMSS 2003**; TIMSS 2007***
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