Assessing Export Platforms: The Case of Singapore

The aim of this paper is to try to understand how Singapore was generally successful in its export promoting strategy. Historically, Singapore experimented with an import-substituting strategy in the first half of the sixties in anticipation of forming a common market with Malaysia and also briefly...

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Main Authors: HO, Kong Weng, HOON, Hian Teck
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Language:English
Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2000
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Online Access:https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soe_research/1757
https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/soe_research/article/2756/viewcontent/Assessing_Export_Platforms_The_Case_of_Singapore.pdf
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Summary:The aim of this paper is to try to understand how Singapore was generally successful in its export promoting strategy. Historically, Singapore experimented with an import-substituting strategy in the first half of the sixties in anticipation of forming a common market with Malaysia and also briefly after its independence in 1965. The level of protection, however, was relatively low during its import-substituting phase.