Utilizing FDI to Stay Ahead:The Case of Singapore
作者单位：Mercer University
会议名称：《北京论坛（2011）文明的和谐与共同繁荣--传统与现代、变革与转型》
会议日期：2011年
学科分类：02[经济学] 03[法学] 0302[法学-政治学] 0201[经济学-理论经济学] 030206[法学-国际政治] 020105[经济学-世界经济]
关 键 词：Utilizing FDI to Stay Ahead:The Case of Singapore FDI
摘 要：A small country with 4.99 million people in a 710.3 square km area,Singapore has built itself into an integral part of global markets with living standards that are some of the highest in the *** purpose of this paper is to understand this experience in the context of a capabilities-based framework to explore how Singapore has done so well,especially as a small, resource-scarce country dependent on global markets. The thesis argued is that at the core of Singapore s overall success has been the strengthening of domestic social capabilities that were continuously updated and expanded to meet the needs of foreign *** policies were hyper-sensitive to providing the conditions for foreign firms to be *** firms invested in Singapore and by now have helped close not only the income gap with advanced economies but is on its way to closing the innovation *** Singapore case demonstrates that with deliberate attention to building skills,institutions and infrastructure,it is possible for a small country to upgrade skills and to move up the production value chain with primary reliance on *** of private Singaporean firms has been *** to the future,this may be the next step needed to sustain progress.