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Last updated 1 March 2025
Shin Toshi
The article was published in July of 2015 in SHIN TOSHI, a Japanese monthly magazine on urban development issues.
Title
Building Global Competitiveness the Singaporean Way
Authors
Alisha Gill, Jean Chia
Synopsis
Singapore – then a 587 square kilometres island, lacking in natural resources, an industrial capital class and industrial skills - became an independent state on 9 August 1965. In 2012, Singapore’s GDP per capita (adjusted for purchasing power parity) was the sixth highest in the world at US$60,500, putting it ahead of all G7 countries. How did Singapore do it? In this article, we explain the government’s role in building Singapore’s global competitiveness.