Singapore: Selected Issues

April 28, 2005

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Singapore: Selected Issues, (USA: International Monetary Fund, 2005) accessed November 21, 2024

Summary

This Selected Issues paper analyzes quality upgrading and low-wage competition for Singapore. The analysis concludes that quality upgrading is indeed taking place in some products where low-wage competitors are entering. More generally, Singapore’s exports are of a higher quality than its regional competitors, and the quality gap has widened over time. This paper also assesses the factors behind the mixed results of Singapore banks’ outward expansion by examining the region’s industry structure and competitive conditions.

Subject: Banking, Commercial banks, Expenditure, Export performance, Exports, Financial institutions, Foreign banks, International trade

Keywords: Asia and Pacific, Bank, Commercial banks, CR, Export growth, Export performance, Exports, Foreign banks, ISCR, Parent bank, Product indicator, Singapore dummy, Singapore's export

Publication Details

Pages:

27
Volume:

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DOI:

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Issue:

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Series:

Country Report No. 2005/140
Stock No:

1SGPEA2005001
ISBN:

9781451923254
ISSN:

1934-7685

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