Social Security in Singapore: Redrawing The Public-Private Boundary

Asian Survey

Volumn 32, Issue 12, 1992, Pages 1093-1108

  Ramesh, M ^a  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING COUNTRY; GOVERNMENT POLICY; PLANNING PROGRAMME; PRIVATE SECTOR; SOCIAL SECURITY; WELFARE;

SINGAPORE;

EID: 0027068294     PISSN: 00044687     EISSN: 1533838X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2645040     Document Type: Article

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