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Ageing in the city-state context: Perspectives from Singapore

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Singapore provides a case study of authoritarian (and benevolent) democracy, sustained by state interventionist policies and economic planning. In this article, though pertinent statistics and their analysis, author G. Shantakumar provides an insightful look at how older persons in Singapore are dealing with all manner of ageing issues.

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  1. Department of Economics, National University of Singapore, Singapore

    G. Shantakumar (Associate Professor)

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This article was first presented as a paper at the International Federation on Ageing Third Global Conference in Durban, South Africa, 1997.

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Shantakumar, G. Ageing in the city-state context: Perspectives from Singapore. Ageing Int. 25, 46–60 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12126-999-1004-6

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