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An Assessment of the Singapore Skills Development System: Does It Constitute a Viable Model for Other Developing Nations?

dc.contributor.authorKuruvilla, Sarosh
dc.contributor.authorErickson, Christopher L.
dc.contributor.authorHwang, Alvin
dc.date.accessioned2020-11-17T17:17:15Z
dc.date.available2020-11-17T17:17:15Z
dc.date.issued2001-05-01
dc.description.abstractIn 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.
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dc.identifier.other820320
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1813/75270
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.relation.doihttps://doi.org/10.1016/S0305-750X(02)00046-3
dc.rightsRequired 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.
dc.subjectSingapore
dc.subjectnational skills development
dc.subjectskill formation
dc.subjectdeveloping countries
dc.subjectnational human resource policy
dc.subjectlabor
dc.titleAn Assessment of the Singapore Skills Development System: Does It Constitute a Viable Model for Other Developing Nations?
dc.typearticle
local.authorAffiliationKuruvilla, Sarosh: sck4@cornell.edu Cornell University
local.authorAffiliationErickson, Christopher L.: University of California, Los Angeles
local.authorAffiliationHwang, Alvin: Pace University

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