Singapore: Social development, housing and the Central Provident Fund

International Journal of Social Welfare

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 276-283

  Vasoo, S ^a   Lee, James ^b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Central Provident Fund; Housing policy; Singapore; Social development; Social security

Indexed keywords

EID: 0242501458     PISSN: 13696866     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1468-2397.00186     Document Type: Article

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