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Critical issues in asset building in Singapore's development /

"This book reveals how Singapore's governance grounded on the principle of asset building facilitates the country's growth and development. Policies being discussed in this volume include multi-culturalism, accessible housing, social mobility for low-income families, water resource ma...

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Group Author: Vasoo, S. (Editor); Singh, Bilveer, 1956- (Editor)
Published: World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd.,
Publisher Address: Singapore :
Publication Dates: [2018]
Literature type: Book
Language: English
Subjects:
Human capital > Singapore.
Human services > Singapore.
Public administration > Singapore.
Singapore > Social policy.
Summary: "This book reveals how Singapore's governance grounded on the principle of asset building facilitates the country's growth and development. Policies being discussed in this volume include multi-culturalism, accessible housing, social mobility for low-income families, water resource management, and national conscription. Highly relevant for students, policy makers and the general public interested in socio-political and economic development issues, this unique piece of work not only gives readers a documentary account of what has been undertaken to empower and assist citizens in the last 50 years or so, but also prompts them to reflect on Singapore's future trajectory"--
Carrier Form: xxix, 195 pages : illustrations, forms ; 24 cm
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (pages 171-189) and index.
ISBN: 9789813239753 (hardback) :
9813239751 (hardback)
Index Number: HN700
CLC: C916.1-133.9
Call Number: C916.1-133.9/C934
Contents: Challenges in asset building in Singapore / Michael Sherraden -- Investments for social sector to tackle some key social issues / S. Vasoo -- Singapore's multiculturalism : an asset for nation building / Norshahril Saat -- Political innovations and stabilisers as strategic assets in Singapore / Bilveer Singh -- Housing as asset building in Singapore / Hongbo Jia and S. Vasoo -- Asset-building challenges with low-income families / Irene Y.H. Ng -- Water policies as assets / Yishu Zhou and Ching Leong -- Conscription and its contribution to Singapore / Bernard F.W. Loo.

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