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Singapore's sustained high saving performance was far from extraordinary once the country's particular circumstances are … econometrically controlled for. Singapore's saving performance should therefore not be regarded as a mere blip in economic history. As … extraordinary. Singapore was able to overcome its low initial saving performance much faster and much more strongly than could have …
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question: “Can a society's culture be transformed to stimulate economic development?” This paper uses Singapore as a case study … Singapore to grow from a small island state with a sagging economy and no natural resources, to become one of the most respected …
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Vietnam the vision of a 'socialist-oriented market economy', in Singapore of a 'knowledge society' is pursued. This paper … transformed into concrete public space through citizens' negotiation. In Singapore's libraries, the aim to foster knowledge …
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Singapore industrialised rapidly with continuously high growth rates since its independence in 1965 and its population … during the same period of time almost tripled. With development at this scale, Singapore had to grow in number of industrial …, Cambodia and Vietnam) for its sand supply. All major sand supplying countries successively prohibited sand exports to Singapore …
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Singapore has developed a unique housing system, with three-quarters of its housing stock built by the Housing … Government of Singapore was faced with a different set of housing problems. An integrated land-housing supply and financing …
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Commodity prices have become volatile over the past 2 decades, and their recent sharp decline has decreased the consumer price index inflation rates for most economies. While many Asian economies have benefited from low international oil and food prices, commodity exporters have suffered. Thus,...
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competitiveness of three small-economies: Puerto Rico, Costa Rica and Singapore. The double-diamond model of competitiveness is useful … when performing this task. With data obtain from international organizations. The findings suggest that Singapore shows a …
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