Singapore as an International Financial Centre History, Policy and Politics [Hardcover]

This book providesan analysis of Singapores development and success as an internationalfinancial centre (IFC). Chapters demonstrate how Singapore plays a criticalrole in both Asian and global financial markets, despite its relatively smallgeographic size. The author focuses specifically on the factors that havecontributed to the city-states success and discusses the policy lessons thatcan be derived from it. The book describes the historical, spatial, politicaland policy factors that contributed to Singapores development as a leadingAsian financial centre and global city, and will be of interest to both policyscholars and practitioners. 

1) Introduction.- 2) StudyingInternational Financial Centres.- 3) Historical Development.- 4) SpatialDynamics.- 5) Policy Drivers.- 6) The Role ofPolitics.- 7) AMulti-Factorial Approach.- 8) Conclusion.

J.J. Woo is an Assistant Professor at the PublicPolicy and Global Affairs Programme of the School of Humanities and SocialSciences, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. He received his PhD fromthe Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, National University of Singapore andholds an MSc in International Political Economy from the S. Rajaratnam Schoolof International Studies, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. 

This book providesan analysis of Singapores development and success as an internationalfinancial centre (IFC). Chapters demonstrate how Singapore plays a criticalrole in both Asian and global financial markets, despite its relatively smallgeographic size. The author focuses specifically on the factors that havecontributed to the city-states success and discusses the policy lessons thatcan be derived from it. The book describes the historical, spatial, politicaland policy factors that contributed to Singapores development as a leadingAsian financial centre and global city, and will be of interest to both policylÃj