Singapore's economic development : retrospection and reflections /

"Singapore is known internationally for its successful economic development. Key to its economic successes is a variety of policies put into place over the past 50 years since its independence. Singapore's Economic Development: Retrospection and Reflections provides a retrospective analysi...

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Corporate Authors: World Scientific (Firm)
Group Author: Lim, Linda (Editor); Lee, Soo Ann, 1939- (Editor)
Published: World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd.,
Publisher Address: Singapore :
Publication Dates: 2016.
Literature type: eBook
Language: English
Series: World Scientific series on Singapore's 50 years of nation-building
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Online Access: http://www.worldscientific.com/worldscibooks/10.1142/9798#t=toc
Summary: "Singapore is known internationally for its successful economic development. Key to its economic successes is a variety of policies put into place over the past 50 years since its independence. Singapore's Economic Development: Retrospection and Reflections provides a retrospective analysis of independent Singapore's economic development, from the perspective of different policy domains each considered by different expert scholars in that particular field. The book is written by academic economists in a style that is accessible to non-experts. Each chapter includes reviews of past scholarship, current data on each policy area, and reflections on required or desirable future policy changes and outcomes. By examining the evolution of past and current policies which combined to make Singapore's development a success and exploring emerging developmental challenges, Singapore's Economic Development: Retrospection and Reflections gives readers a better understanding of Singapore's economic trajectory and future."--
Item Description: Title from PDF file title page (viewed February 13, 2016).
Carrier Form: 1 online resource (vi, 326 pages) : illustrations (some color).
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN: 9789814723473 (ebook)
Index Number: HC445
CLC: F133.94
Contents: Years of development in the Singapore economy : an introductory review / Linda Y.C. Lim -- Governance and economic change in Singapore / Lee Soo Ann -- Lessons of Singapore's development for other developing economies / Tilak Abeysinghe -- The role of the state in Singapore : pragmatism in pursuit of growth / Tan Kim Song and Manu Bhaskaran -- Monetary policy and financial sector development / Peter Wilson -- Public financial management in Singapore : key characteristics and prospects / Mukul G. Asher, Azad Singh Bali and Chang Yee Kwan -- Labor, productivity and Singapore's development model / Pang Eng Fong and Linda Y.C. Lim -- Globalization and regionalization : Singapore's trade and FDI / Siow Yue Chia -- Singapore's demographic transition, the labor force and government policies : the last fifty years / Yap Mui Teng and Christopher Gee -- Singapore's housing policies : responding to the challenges of economic transitions / Sock-Yong Phang -- Adding a basic pillar to the Central Provident Fund system : an actuarial analysis / Ngee-Choon Chia -- Being poor in a rich "nanny state" : developments in Singapore social welfare / Irene Y.H. Ng -- Energy and environmental policy / Youngho Chang.