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Neo-Liberal Education Policy in China: Issues and Challenges in Curriculum Reform

Posted by: Principal/Editor on August 5, 2014

School Stakeholders navigating ICT Policy Reforms from a Singapore Context

Posted by: Principal/Editor on March 28, 2014

Pedagogical Awakenings and Self-Discovery in the light of imperatives, constraints and opportunities of teaching Social Studies in Singapore

Posted by: Principal/Editor on July 16, 2013

Can ICT improve education outcomes?: An Experimental Study in a Singapore School

Posted by: Principal/Editor on July 13, 2013

Issues of Citizenship, National Identity and Political Socialization: Implications to the Singapore Education System

Posted by: Principal/Editor on March 28, 2013

A Critique of Knowledge-Based Economies: A Case Study of Singapore Education Stakeholders

Posted by: Principal/Editor on February 15, 2013

A Confucian Framework for 21st Century Education

Posted by: Principal/Editor on February 6, 2013

OECD Development Center Policy Briefs

Measuring Governance
The use of governance indicators, as applied to developing countries, has grown spectacularly in recent years. Following the maxim that you cannot manage what you cannot measure, international investors and official development aid agencies, together with academics and the media, have turned widely to using quantitative governance indicators for both analyti […]
How to Spend It: Commodity and Non-Commodity Sovereign Wealth Funds
Sovereign wealth funds have become important players in global financial markets. But their investments have repeatedly raised concerns, such as fear of industrial espionage or geopolitical threats. This paper argues that the principal motivation for setting up SWFs should put such concerns into the appropriate perspective. Development economics can explain […]
To Benefit from Plenty: Lessons from Chile and Norway
It might seem obvious discovering an asset such as oil or copper would be wonderful news for the country making the find. Yet the opposite is often true. The windfall can bring poverty, civil strife, corruption, inequality, slower growth and undemocratic practices. The phenomenon is known as the resource curse. This study of the paradox of plenty looks at th […]