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Toward a Better Future : Education and Training for Economic Development in Singapore since 1965
[Hacia un futuro mejor : educación y formación para el desarrollo económico de Singapur desde 1965]

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  • Sing-Kong Lee
  • Chor Boon Goh
  • Birger Fredriksen
  • Jee Peng Tan

Abstract

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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  • Sing-Kong Lee & Chor Boon Goh & Birger Fredriksen & Jee Peng Tan, 2008. "Toward a Better Future : Education and Training for Economic Development in Singapore since 1965 [Hacia un futuro mejor : educación y formación para el desarrollo económico de Singapur desde 1965]," World Bank Publications - Books, The World Bank Group, number 6432.
  • Handle: RePEc:wbk:wbpubs:6432
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    Cited by:

    1. Cantoni, Davide & Yuchtman, Noam, 2013. "The political economy of educational content and development: Lessons from history," Journal of Development Economics, Elsevier, vol. 104(C), pages 233-244.
    2. Lenskaya, Elena (Ленская, Елена) & Sazonov, Konstantin (Сазонов, Константин), 2018. "Modern Trends and Reforms of Pre-University Education in the Countries-Leaders of World School Ratings [Современные Тенденции И Реформы Довузовского Образования В Странах-Лидерах Мировых Рейтингов ," Working Papers 061813, Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration.

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