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The Economic Growth of Singapore : Trade and Development in the Twentieth Century

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Thriving Trade: Singapore's Unlikely Economic Transformation

This book provides a detailed overview of Singapore's economic development, highlighting the government's role in shaping market forces towards growth. It explores the growth of the city-state from a small trading port to a major financial center, and how Singapore's unique location and entrepreneurial spirit have been key factors in its success. Highly recommended for those interested in the economic development of Southeast Asia.

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ISBN: 9780521370370
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Date of Publication: 2004-11-06
Format: Hardback
Goodreads rating: 3.0
(rated by 5 readers)

Description

This book provides a comprehensive overview of the economic development of Singapore, easily the leading commercial and financial centre in Southeast Asia throughout the twentieth century. This development has been based on a strategic location at the crossroads of Asia, a free trade economy, and a dynamic entrepreneurial tradition. Initial twentieth-century economic success was linked to a group of legendary Chinese entrepreneurs, but by mid-century independent Singapore looked to multinational enterprise to deliver economic growth. Nonetheless exports of manufactures accounted for only part of Singaporean expansion, and by the 1980s Singapore was a major international financial centre and leading world exporter of commercial services. Throughout this study Dr Huff assesses the interaction of government policy and market forces, and places the transformation of the Singaporean economy in the context of both development theory and experience elsewhere in East Asia.


Author: W. G. Huff
Format: Hardback
Number of Pages: 496
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication Date: 06 Nov 2004
 

Thriving Trade: Singapore's Unlikely Economic Transformation

This book provides a detailed overview of Singapore's economic development, highlighting the government's role in shaping market forces towards growth. It explores the growth of the city-state from a small trading port to a major financial center, and how Singapore's unique location and entrepreneurial spirit have been key factors in its success. Highly recommended for those interested in the economic development of Southeast Asia.

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