Integrating Human Capital into National Development Planning in Singapore

Integrating Human Capital into National Development Planning in Singapore

Modernizing the economy and achieving prosperity required building and harnessing Singapore’s human capital. The government charted a new path for Singapore, adopting a fast-paced industrialization strategy to create employment for an unskilled workforce and generate export earnings. Implementing...

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Main Author: Global Delivery Initiative
Format: Brief
Language:English
Published: Global Delivery Initiative, Washington, DC 2020
Subjects:
HUMAN CAPITAL
INTRA-GOVERNMENTAL COORDINATION
STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT
SERVICE DELIVERY
EDUCATION FINANCE
HEALTH SYSTEM
HUMAN CAPITAL INDEX
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/288331595613626022/Integrating-Human-Capital-into-National-Development-Planning-in-Singapore
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spelling okr-10986-342122021-05-25T10:54:38Z Integrating Human Capital into National Development Planning in Singapore Global Delivery Initiative HUMAN CAPITAL INTRA-GOVERNMENTAL COORDINATION STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT SERVICE DELIVERY EDUCATION FINANCE HEALTH SYSTEM HUMAN CAPITAL INDEX Modernizing the economy and achieving prosperity required building and harnessing Singapore’s human capital. The government charted a new path for Singapore, adopting a fast-paced industrialization strategy to create employment for an unskilled workforce and generate export earnings. Implementing that plan required overcoming fundamental challenges such as ethnic tension, high unemployment, regional instability, and turmoil caused by Britain’s withdrawal from the former colony. From these difficult and uncertain beginnings, Singapore would attain the highest score of any country in the world in the World Bank’s 2018 Human Capital Index, which took into account several health and education indicators. This delivery note examines some of the strategic decisions and policies that contributed to Singapore’s success. 2020-07-27T17:02:02Z 2020-07-27T17:02:02Z 2020-05 Brief http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/288331595613626022/Integrating-Human-Capital-into-National-Development-Planning-in-Singapore http://hdl.handle.net/10986/34212 English CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank Global Delivery Initiative, Washington, DC Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Brief East Asia and Pacific Singapore
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topic HUMAN CAPITAL
INTRA-GOVERNMENTAL COORDINATION
STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT
SERVICE DELIVERY
EDUCATION FINANCE
HEALTH SYSTEM
HUMAN CAPITAL INDEX
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INTRA-GOVERNMENTAL COORDINATION
STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT
SERVICE DELIVERY
EDUCATION FINANCE
HEALTH SYSTEM
HUMAN CAPITAL INDEX
Global Delivery Initiative
Integrating Human Capital into National Development Planning in Singapore
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description Modernizing the economy and achieving prosperity required building and harnessing Singapore’s human capital. The government charted a new path for Singapore, adopting a fast-paced industrialization strategy to create employment for an unskilled workforce and generate export earnings. Implementing that plan required overcoming fundamental challenges such as ethnic tension, high unemployment, regional instability, and turmoil caused by Britain’s withdrawal from the former colony. From these difficult and uncertain beginnings, Singapore would attain the highest score of any country in the world in the World Bank’s 2018 Human Capital Index, which took into account several health and education indicators. This delivery note examines some of the strategic decisions and policies that contributed to Singapore’s success.
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title Integrating Human Capital into National Development Planning in Singapore
title_short Integrating Human Capital into National Development Planning in Singapore
title_full Integrating Human Capital into National Development Planning in Singapore
title_fullStr Integrating Human Capital into National Development Planning in Singapore
title_full_unstemmed Integrating Human Capital into National Development Planning in Singapore
title_sort integrating human capital into national development planning in singapore
publisher Global Delivery Initiative, Washington, DC
publishDate 2020
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/288331595613626022/Integrating-Human-Capital-into-National-Development-Planning-in-Singapore
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