"This book, based on the proceedings at the Behavioural Sciences Institute Conference 2017, explores various issues about unintended consequences in Singapore. The book is organised into four parts. Part 1 provides an overview of issues involved in thinking about unintended consequences. Part 2...

The concept of development has been central issue in intellectual discourse both locally and internationally. This is so because development is a contest; multifaceted and dimensional. However, there appears to be no agreement among authors, scholars and theorists on the way for achieving...

Private sector development (PSD) has taken on an increasingly prominent role in both the debates as well as budgets of international development cooperation in recent years. While the promotion of private sector activities in developing countries has for a long time been part of development...