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An Assessment of the Singapore Skills Development System: Does It Constitute a Viable Model for Other Developing Nations?
Author
Kuruvilla, Sarosh; Erickson, Christopher L.; Hwang, Alvin
Abstract
In this paper, we briefly describe the institutional background to Singapore’s successful national skills development model. We devise a tentative framework to evaluate national level skills development efforts, and we use it to assess the Singapore model. We argue that the model has the potential to constantly move towards higher skills equilibria, and in those terms, it is successful. However, we question the long-term sustainability of the model, and whether it is transferable to other developing nations. We outline several useful principles that other nations might use in organizing their own skills development systems.
Date Issued
2001-05-01Subject
Singapore; national skills development; skill formation; developing countries; national human resource policy; labor
Related DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1016/S0305-750X(02)00046-3Rights
Required Publisher Statement: Copyright by Elsevier Science B.V., Amsterdam. Final paper published as Kuruvilla, S., Erickson, C., & Hwang, A. (2002). An assessment of the Singapore skills development system: Does it constitute a viable model for other developing nations? World Development, 30, 1461-1476.
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article