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Doing good in Singapore. Part 1, Adapting to the future

2019

Collection	Social Security & Welfare
Editor	Sim, Isabel Loh, Alfred Teo, Chee Khiang
Title	Doing good in Singapore. Part 1, Adapting to the future
Publication Date	2019
Publisher	Singapore: Centre for Social Development Asia, National University of Singapore
Call Number	HV400.67 Dgs 1 2019
Subject	Social service -- Singapore
Page	xii, 143
Language	English
Content Type	Book
Object Type	Text
Terms of Use	openAccess
Repository	NUS Libraries
Description	Singapore's social service sector faces a future that looks nothing like the past. It has to deal with mounting challenges in social needs that are growing and changing, arising from a rapidly ageing population, changing family structures and other factors. While the government has been boosting social spending and welfare provisions to strengthen the safety nets and stepping up social programmes, this has to be accompanies by financial prudence so that future generations of Singaporeans are not saddled with financial burden. This first book explores the ways in which the social service sector can adapt to the future in order to serve growing needs. It engages thought leaders for their views and insights on how the sector can be better position itself in the light of the changing social landscape.

Doing good in Singapore. Part 2, Resourcing for the future

2019

Collection	Social Security & Welfare
Editor	Sim, Isabel Loh, Alfred Teo, Chee Khiang
Title	Doing good in Singapore. Part 2, Resourcing for the future
Publication Date	2019
Publisher	Singapore: Centre for Social Development Asia, National University of Singapore
Call Number	HV400.67 Dgs 2 2020
Subject	Social service -- Singapore
Page	xvii, 167
Language	English
Content Type	Book
Object Type	Text
Terms of Use	openAccess
Repository	NUS Libraries
Description	Singapore's social service sector faces a future that looks nothing like the past. It has to deal with mounting challenges in social needs that are growing and changing, arising from a rapidly ageing population, changing family structures and other factors. While the government has been boosting social spending and welfare provisions to strengthen the safety nets and stepping up social programmes, this has to be accompanies by financial prudence so that future generations of Singaporeans are not saddled with financial burden. This first book explores the ways in which the social service sector can adapt to the future in order to serve growing needs. It engages thought leaders for their views and insights on how the sector can be better position itself in the light of the changing social landscape.

Financing old age in Southeast Asia

1996

Asher, Mukul G.

Collection	Social Security & Welfare
Author/Creator	Asher, Mukul G.
Title	Financing old age in Southeast Asia
Source Title	Southeast Asian Affairs
Publication Date	1996
DOI	http://libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1355/SEAA96E
Call Number	DS501 SAA
Subject	Social security -- ASEAN countries Social security -- Malaysia Social security -- Singapore Pension trusts -- ASEAN countries Pension trusts -- Singapore Pension trusts -- Malaysia Pension trusts -- ASEAN countries Pension trusts -- Singapore Pension trusts -- Malaysia
Page	72-100
Language	English
Content Type	Journal Article
Object Type	Text
Terms of Use	openAccess
Repository	NUS Libraries

Financing social security in South Korea and Singapore: a comparative analysis

1991

Sng, Siew Lin

Collection	Social Security & Welfare
Author/Creator	Sng, Siew Lin
Title	Financing social security in South Korea and Singapore: a comparative analysis
Publication Date	1991
Call Number	HD30 *1991 59
Subject	Social security -- Singapore Social security -- Korea (South) Employees' deposits -- Singapore Employees' deposits -- Korea (South) Retirement income -- Singapore Retirement income -- Korea (South) Saving and investment -- Singapore
Page	73
Language	English
Content Type	Dissertation/Thesis
Object Type	Text
Terms of Use	openAccess
Repository	NUS Libraries
Description	Academic exercise -- Dept. of Economics & Statistics, National University of Singapore

Forced savings to finance merit goods: an economic analysis of the Central Provident Fund scheme of Singapore

1985

Asher, Mukul G.

Collection	Social Security & Welfare
Author/Creator	Asher, Mukul G.
Title	Forced savings to finance merit goods: an economic analysis of the Central Provident Fund scheme of Singapore
Publication Date	1985
Publisher	Canberra : Centre for Research on Federal Financial Relations, Australian National University
Call Number	HD7235.12 Ash
Subject	Saving and investment -- Singapore Employees' deposits -- Singapore Central Provident Fund (Singapore)
Page	42
Language	English
Content Type	Book
Object Type	Text
Terms of Use	openAccess
Repository	NUS Libraries

Funding long-term care in Singapore

1994

Valdez, E. A.
Tan, K. C.
Wong, Y. W.

Collection	Social Security & Welfare
Author/Creator	Valdez, E. A. Tan, K. C. Wong, Y. W.
Title	Funding long-term care in Singapore
Source Title	Hallym International Journal of Ageing
Publication Date	1994
Subject	Older people -- Long-term care -- Singapore Long-term care of the sick -- Singapore Medical care, Cost of -- Singapore Health Services for the Aged
Page	70-84
Language	English
Content Type	Journal Article
Object Type	Text
Terms of Use	openAccess
Repository	NUS Libraries
Volume	2
Issue	1

Hong Kong and Singapore: two approaches to the provision of pensions in Asia

2001

Asher, Mukul G.
Newman, David

Collection	Social Security & Welfare
Author/Creator	Asher, Mukul G. Newman, David
Title	Hong Kong and Singapore: two approaches to the provision of pensions in Asia
Source Title	Journal of Pensions Management
Publication Date	2001
DOI	http://libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1057/palgrave.pm.5940191
Call Number	HF1 JPM
Subject	Social security -- Singapore Social security -- Hong Kong Pensions trusts -- Singapore Pension trusts -- Hong Kong Central Provident Fund (Singapore) Mandatory Provident Fund (Hong Kong)
Page	155-166
Language	English
Content Type	Journal Article
Object Type	Text
Terms of Use	openAccess
Repository	NUS Libraries
Volume	7
Issue	2
Description	Analyses the differing practices of Hong Kong and Singapore in the provision of income security to their rapidly aging populations. Compares Singapore's 50-year-old Central Provident Fund with Hong Kong's Mandatory Provident Fund, begun in 2000

Industrialization and welfare: the case of the four little tigers

1986

Midgley, James

Collection	Social Security & Welfare
Author/Creator	Midgley, James
Title	Industrialization and welfare: the case of the four little tigers
Source Title	Social Policy and Administration
Publication Date	1986
DOI	http://libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9515.1986.tb00253.x
Call Number	HF1 SPA
Subject	Industrialization -- Singapore Industrial policy -- Singapore Industrialization -- Social aspects -- Singapore Social security -- Singapore Public welfare -- Singapore
Page	225-238
Language	English
Content Type	Journal Article
Object Type	Text
Terms of Use	openAccess
Repository	NUS Libraries
Volume	20
Issue	3

Investment patterns in Singapore's Central Provident Fund System

2008

Koh, Benedict S. K.
Mitchell, Olivia S.
Tanuwidjaja, Toto
Fong, Joelle

Collection	Social Security & Welfare
Author/Creator	Koh, Benedict S. K. Mitchell, Olivia S. Tanuwidjaja, Toto Fong, Joelle
Title	Investment patterns in Singapore's Central Provident Fund System
Source Title	Journal of Pension Economics & Finance
Publication Date	2008
DOI	http://libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S1474747207003253
Call Number	HD7088 JPEF
Subject	Social security -- Singapore Central Provident Fund (Singapore) Investments -- Singapore
Page	37-65
Language	English
Content Type	Journal Article
Object Type	Text
Terms of Use	openAccess
Repository	NUS Libraries
Volume	7
Issue	1
Description	Investigates the role of recent changes in the investment menu of the Singaporean Central Provident Fund (CPF) system and explores the investment patterns of CPF participants and articulates their implications for policymakers

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Managing shocks in Singapore's ageing and retirement arrangements

2022

Kwan, Chang Yee
Asher, Mukul G.

Collection	Social Security & Welfare
Author/Creator	Kwan, Chang Yee Asher, Mukul G.
Title	Managing shocks in Singapore's ageing and retirement arrangements
Source Title	Policy Studies
Publication Date	2022
DOI	https://libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/login?url=https://dx.doi.org/10.1080/01442872.2019.1634189
Subject	Older people -- Singapore -- Economic conditions Retirement income -- Government policy -- Singapore Social security -- Government policy -- Singapore
Page	264-278
Language	English
Content Type	Journal Article
Object Type	Text
Terms of Use	restrictedAccess
Repository	NUS Libraries
Volume	43
Issue	2