Sustaining Economic Development in a Globalised World   Tags: english, globalisation, school resources, singapore  

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The economy of a country is vital to providing for the needs of its citizens. Thus, every government seeks to grow the economy by leveraging on the its strengths, minimising weaknesses, mitigating threats and grabbing opportunities.  

Given the wide-ranging and far-reaching impact of of globalisation, we need to understand it and harness it to ensure sustained economic development for Singapore.

Collins Dictionary of Economics "Economic Development is the process of economic transition involving the structural transformation of an economy through industrialisation and a raising of Gross National Product (GNP) and Income Per Head."

This Libguide is divided into the following sections:

1. What is globalisation?
2. Drivers of globalisation
3. Impact of globalisation
4. Singapore's strategies
5. Economic co-operation
6. Resource management
7. Singapore's trade performance

Types of materials included are:

• Print materials from the Lee Kong Chian Reference Library. Some of these materials can also be found in the public libraries; the reader can click on the hyperlink that activates NLB's catalogue.
• Newspaper articles from the Factiva database accessible from NLB's website.
• 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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