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Over the years, Singapore has developed a good reputation for sound government and has been rated highly for its efficiency, rule of law and lack of corruption by international rating agencies, such as IMD, Transparency International and PERC.

Good governance has been a key factor to attract international attention. Singapore's system of governance is unique to her circumstances and they are shaped by three key elements:

Unique Nation: Relates to its physical constraints - size, lack of natural resources, and a multi-racial society;
Unique Environment: Relates to fundamental forces in our external environment that influence our existence; and
Unique Government: Relates to the unique features of its political system, including the legacy of the PAP Government.

There are 5 key principles of Singapore governance:
i. Leadership - eschew corruption, do what is right, not what is popular, be pragmatic and provide long term vision;
ii. Reward for Work; Work for Reward - self-reliance, not welfare and meritocracy for best use of talent;
iii. A Stake for Everyone, Opportunities for All - Singapore a global city and choice home, promote collective responsibility, beyond physical stakes and preserve core values and interests;
iv. Anticipate Change; Stay Relevant  - stay nimble and flexible, be better organised than competitors, exploit opportunities even in adversity and turn constraints into advantage.

Reference:
Principles of Governance
http://www.ne.edu.sg/principles_of_governance.htm
Accessed 13 September 2010

Books and texts are often mainstays of resource guides as these provide introductory and comprehensive information on a particular topic. In the creation of this libguide however, effort was also made to recommend resources that are highly accessible, such as, ebooks, journal and newpaper articles, authoritative websites, among others. Please find below a brief write-up of the resource formats, as well as, how to access them.

• Print materials from both the Lee Kong Chian Reference Library, as well as, NLB's Public Libraries. Just click on the given links to activate NLB's online catalogue showing availability of the items. Apart for the reference books at the Lee Kong Chian Reference Library, books recommended in this guide can be reserved online and brought to the library branch of your choice for a small fee of $1.55 (just click on "Reserve this item").
  
  
• Journal Articles from the library's eResources service (http://eresources.nlb.gov.sg). Most of the recommended journal articles are from Proquest Central and JSTOR as these databases are accessible from home. Just click on the given links to be brought to the relevant section of the eResources site. Thereafter, register (if you are new to the service) or log-in >> click on the relevant database (e.g., JSTOR, Proquest Central) >> conduct a search using the article's title.
  
  
• Newspaper articles from the Factiva database, as well as, the NewspaperSG database. Factiva is available via our eResources service and articles within can be accessed in the same manner as that for journal articles (described above). Newspapers from NewspaperSG can be accessed via (http://newspapers.nl.sg). Articles from 1831 - 1989 can be accessed from home (direct links to the articles are provided) while those after 1989 can only be accessed onsite at the libraries.
  
  
• Websites
  
  

This guide highlights items in the collection, and is thus not intended to be comprehensive. Interested readers should search the NLB catalogue for more works.

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