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Abstract
The discussion examines private sector development policy implementation in Singapore, examining the new role of the government's economic development agencies from the point of changing relationships among public and non-state actors in the policy arena. Singapore's model of private sector development consists of an exclusive network of partnerships among economic development agencies and between these agencies and private sector actors, such as business and organized labour, as integral policy stakeholders. As Singapore has moved within the past 15 years towards its articulated goal of becoming a knowledge-based economy and an industrial hub in the Asia Pacific region, the country's model of network governance is undergoing a gradual reconfiguration to include a greater role for local enterprises in the policy process. The changing institutional mechanics of network governance surrounding the new model of private sector development in Singapore are examined, along with the highlights of some implications surrounding this shift.
Acknowledgements
I would like to acknowledge the support of all those who in various ways have contributed to the successful completion of this manuscript. I wish to first and foremost thank my wife, Sharmila, and daughter, Hannah, for their immense patience and unconditional love throughout those many hours of my self-imposed solitary confinement in my study and away from home, conducting research. I also want to thank Prof. B. W. Carroll, Prof. M. Sproule-Jones, Prof. S. Huque and Ms H. Guenther for their invaluable comments. I am also very indebted to the many people I interviewed in person in Singapore, including those who granted me access to important policy documents during the collection of the data for this project.