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Dynamics of the Singapore Success Story: Insights by Ngiam Tong Dow

by Ngiam Tong Dow
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Inside perspective on Singapore's development success.

If you're fascinated by the transformation of nations, 'Dynamics of the Singapore Success Story' offers you a unique chance to understand how Singapore morphed into an economic powerhouse. Ngiam Tong Dow provides a treasure trove of insights drawing from his extensive career as a senior civil servant. Through his eyes, you'll get to unpack the strategic public policies that shaped the nation's pursuit of knowledge and its ascent to global prominence.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.

Dynamics of the Singapore Success Story: Insights by Ngiam Tong Dow

by Ngiam Tong Dow
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ISBN: 9789814336079
Authors: Ngiam Tong Dow
Publisher: Cengage Learning Asia
Date of Publication: 2010-11-01
Format: Hardcover
Related Collections: History, Politics, Economics
Related Topics: Politics, World History, Political Science, Government, Biography, History, Finance, Society, Social Science
Goodreads rating: 3.75
(rated by 8 readers)

Description

Singapore's success story has been widely read. How and why this transformation came about, however, has seldom been publicly analyzed and articulated. Very few insiders with firsthand experience have chosen to illuminate the fundamental public policies guiding Singapore's social and economic growth. Yet it is this aspect of the Singapore story that most intrigues outside observers. Based on his rich, forty-year experience as a senior Singapore civil servant, Ngiam Tong Dow manages to present a clear picture in this book of Singapore's path toward success. It is a collection of his speeches, interviews, and articles delivered and written between 2004 and 2010. According to Ngiam, what lies behind Singapore's spectacular achievements from 1959 onward is the island nation's relentless pursuit of knowledge as the critical lever for development. Singapore is the forerunner of knowledge-based economies emerging in this new millennium. Key points: (1) Retells the Singapore success story from the perspective of a knowledge-based economy (2) Unveils Singapore's public-policy decisions in the early days (3) Provides an insider's perspective on how Singapore evolved from Third World to First (4) Written by Singapore's retired top civil servant, Mr. Ngiam Tong Dow
 

Inside perspective on Singapore's development success.

If you're fascinated by the transformation of nations, 'Dynamics of the Singapore Success Story' offers you a unique chance to understand how Singapore morphed into an economic powerhouse. Ngiam Tong Dow provides a treasure trove of insights drawing from his extensive career as a senior civil servant. Through his eyes, you'll get to unpack the strategic public policies that shaped the nation's pursuit of knowledge and its ascent to global prominence.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.