Governments and Governance: Examining Social and Economic Autonomy in Malaysia and Singapore

Abstract

This article discusses the models of public governance that have emerged from research involving the governments of Malaysia and Singapore and the impact of these models on socio-economic performance. The research was facilitated by a series of interviews, supported by a contemporary literature review, and is part of a wider project which seeks to construct some comparative models of the role of government in national socio-economic development in Australia, Singapore, Malaysia, China and Vietnam. The overall research has two aims The first is to develop some greater understanding of the role of government in the creation of factors that support national economic performance. The second is to develop some alternative means of measuring national performance in terms that provide a more informative picture than that currently provided by conventional economic and financial reportingThe focal point of the article is the role of the governments of Malaysia and Singapore in the formulation of the national stra...