Singapore's Success ENGINEERING ECONOMIC GROWTH

This monograph seeks the key to good economic policy by explaining Singapore's remarkably rapid development - the world's fastest-growing economy between 1960 and 2000 - and asks whether the city-state's success can be translated to other countries. The book demonstrates how exception...

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Main Author: Ghesquiere, Henri C. (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Singapore Thomson 2007
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