The Singapore economy has undergone significant stages of development since the 1960s. It has grown from its traditional role as a regional port and distribution center in the 1960s to an international manufacturing and service center in the 1970s and 1980s, and now into a center of science-based manufacturing and knowledge-intensive technical services. Much has been written to explain this success. Emphasis has been placed on the early adoption of an export-oriented strategy for industrialization, high savings and investment rates, a stable macroeconomic environment, and even socio cultural traits that support successful industrialization. This volume documents a less-explored aspect of Singapore's economic development: it examines the transformation of the education and training system since the country's independence in 1965 and how the process contributed to skills formation and, hence, economic change.
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Fredriksen,Birger J., Goh, Chor Boon,, Lee, Sing-Kong, Tan,Jee-Peng
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Document Date
2008/04/18
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Document Type
Publication
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Report Number
43968
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Volume No
1
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Total Volume(s)
1
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2009/02/04
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Disclosure Status
Disclosed
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Doc Name
Toward a better future : education and training for economic development in Singapore since 1965
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Fredriksen,Birger J. Goh, Chor Boon, Lee, Sing-Kong Tan,Jee-Peng
Toward a better future : education and training for economic development in Singapore since 1965 (English). Development practice in education Washington, D.C. : World Bank Group. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/121951468302724234/Toward-a-better-future-education-and-training-for-economic-development-in-Singapore-since-1965