Introduction Singapore’s legal framework and policy towards human rights are shaped by vital national development goal highlighting economic growth and social order, also known as the keys of the national policy; (1) the principles of meritocracy; (2) multiracialism, and (3) anti-welfare, whereby taking into consideration that the ideal of human rights as a mean to promote human dignity and social welfare. Being known as an ‘Asian Tiger’, Singapore has accomplished great economic success through
Rethinking flexible welfare strategy in Hong Kong: a new direction for the East Asian welfare model? Since 1980, many Asian countries or cities had experienced economic growth, and there is great development of welfare system in this period of time. East Asian welfare politics focusing on the idea of Productivist(Good et al. 1998, Gough 2001) and a Confucian culture (Jones 1993) that Asian states can increase productivity , economic competitiveness, and decrease the expenditure of welfare. However, the
Furthermore, Singapore experiences low birthrate and an aging population with a sharp decrease over the years, hence, the stronger and younger transient workers would be able to replace the aging population of Singapore and help to sustain Singapore’s development through their different jobs, like the building of infrastructures in Singapore. In addition, because there is a low birth rate, but there are not enough young people to replace the old and weak citizens, and hence the physical help of the
Externalities occur when producing or consuming a good cause an impact on third parties not directly related to the transaction. . Externalities are sometimes referred to as 'by-products', 'spillover effects', 'third-party effects' or 'side-effects', as the generator of the externality, either producers or consumers, or both and impose the costs or benefits on others who are not responsible for initiating the effect. Externalities can either be positive or negative. They can also occur through the
Inclusion The term inclusion came about during the discussion of education for children with disabilities (Itkonen, 2007). The definition of inclusion has been very flexible; different schools define it differently to fit its school’s profile (Ryndak, Jackson, & Billingsley, 2000). With the growing number of children with disabilities attending mainstream classes it is becoming very important to have a concrete definition for the inclusion programs in education. Ryndak, Jackson, and Billingsley
public welfare because they cannot promote their own interests in other cases. Huntington (1968) also agrees with this view. Huntington argues that democracy has weak and delicate political institutions, and they demand popular spending on profitable investment. Democratic governments are vulnerable to recourse to low-income groups and directly impossible by leaseholders for beneficial activities (Krueger 1974, Bhagwati 1982). Non-democratic regimes can implement the tough economic policies that are
well as increasing employment and income opportunities for migrants, or the flow of remittances. (Katseli and Xenogiani 2006) It can therefore be concluded that migration is not a brake upon development, it rather contributes to it, however several policies have to be put in place to better manage migrations. Also cost of money transfers to Africa has to be reduced so migrants will be encouraged to send more money home as currently Africa is the most expensive region to transfer money to from OECD countries
These reforms evoked considerable debate and controversy, especially regarding its social implications. Have these reforms (consisting of stabilisation & SAP) benefited the poor & the other marginalised groups of the society by reducing poverty and inequality, improving food entitlements and access to other basic needs or they have accentuated
afraid to change. You may lose something good, but you may gain something even better’, and this has genuinely reflected in the era of globalisation. The same thing goes to the changes or impacts brought by globalisation towards economics, finance, social, education, science and technology. Globalisation is the movement towards a borderless world and the interdependence of the global markets and businesses. Globalisation has gradually enabled the
If I am the HOD, I would explain that OB is a wide area of management that studies how people behave in organizations. OB is also a type of learning in which people learns behaviors and facts by observing the behaviors of individual, group and structure. People can use theories and knowledge of OB to develop better management practices. Thus, these behaviors influence the organization’s performance. Below are some ways how I would convince Li Lian to sign up for the course. • Situation analysis: