The Economic Growth of Singapore - Trade and Development in the Twentieth Century (Hardcover)

This book provides a comprehensive overview of the economic development of Singapore, easily the leading commercial and financial centre in Southeast Asia throughout the twentieth century. This development has been based on a strategic location at the crossroads of Asia, a free trade economy, and a dynamic entrepreneurial tradition. Initial twentieth-century economic success was linked to a group of legendary Chinese entrepreneurs, but by mid-century independent Singapore looked to multinational enterprise to deliver economic growth. Nonetheless exports of manufactures accounted for only part of Singaporean expansion, and by the 1980s Singapore was a major international financial centre and leading world exporter of commercial services. Throughout this study Dr Huff assesses the interaction of government policy and market forces, and places the transformation of the Singaporean economy in the context of both development theory and experience elsewhere in East Asia.

General

Imprint:	Cambridge UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	October 1994
First published:	1994
Authors:	W. G. Huff
Dimensions:	236 x 157 x 35mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	496
ISBN-13:	978-0-521-37037-0
Categories:	Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > Economic history Books > History > History of specific subjects > Economic history Promotions
LSN:	0-521-37037-X
Barcode:	9780521370370

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