Kim-Song Tan () (School of Economics and Social Sciences, Singapore Management University) Sock-Yong Phang () (School of Economics and Social Sciences, Singapore Management University)
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The Singapore economy is going through a period of major restructuring. Economic stagnation since the 1997 Asia financial crisis (except for a brief recovery in 1999) has called into question the continued relevance of many fundamental policies that had worked well in the past. In 2002, a high-level Economic Review Committee (ERC) was convened by the government to chart new directions for the economy. A common thread that ran through the committee’s various reports was a call to enhance the economy’s innovative capacity, with the aim of making Singapore an innovation hub in the region.2 The call reflects an increased awareness both within and outside the government of the need to redefine Singapore’s comparative advantage through a new national innovation policy.
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Paper provided by Singapore Management University, School of Economics in its series Working Papers with number
15-2004.
Length: 62 pages Date of creation: Apr 2004 Date of revision: Publication status: Published in SMU Economics and Statistics Working Paper Series Handle: RePEc:siu:wpaper:15-2004
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