This book provides a comprehensive overview of the economic development of Singapore,
easily the leading commercial and financial centre in Southeast Asia throughout the …

The case studies of Singapore, Malaysia, the Philippines, and India presented in this paper
support the author's contention that a country's industrialization strategy for economic …

Most books that analyse the crucial subject of globalisation only look at it from a western
perspective. This is the first detailed study to look at globalisation specifically in the Asia …

Singapore, South Korea and Taiwan–East Asia's newly industrialised economies (the NIE-3)–
experienced a profound development transformation over recent decades. Christopher Dent …

Water resources in Singapore are managed following the principles of a closed loop
hydrologic cycle by one agency, the Public Utility Board (PUB), which promotes its …

The fast pace of economic growth of the East Asian nations known as the “Four Tigers”–
South Korea, Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Singapore–has become a legend It is usually …

This article outlines the close relationship between economic development and industrial
relations in South and Southeast Asia. After an examination of key industrial relations …

The search for a model of economic development for the less-developed countries (LDCs)
has occupied the time and academic journals of economists, political scientists …

Dutch settlements on the coastal plain locked Guyana into polder agriculture and,
inadvertently, ensured a small, widely dispersed population. The former requires high cost …

The growth of the pre-World War II rubber industry in British Malaya is, in contrast to the
staple industries of many less-developed countries, exceptionally well-researched. PT …