01609cas a2200241 a 4500 AALejournalIMF007726 230101c9999 xx r poo 0 0eng d 5.00 USD 9781451834185 1934-7685 BD-DhAAL BD-DhAAL International Monetary Fund. Singapore : Selected Issues. Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2000. 1 online resource (87 pages) IMF Staff Country Reports <strong>Off-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required <strong>On-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required Electronic access restricted to authorized BRAC University faculty, staff and students Singapore's economic growth has been heavily dependent on factor accumulation during the past three decades. Attempts to gauge productivity growth in Singapore and other East Asian countries has led to the widely publicized debate on whether the East Asian 'miracle' was driven by factor accumulation or productivity growth. According to the most recent study by the authorities, Singapore's productivity growth was indeed very low until the 1980s, but has improved significantly to a level comparable to the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) average in the 1990s. Mode of access: Internet IMF Staff Country Reports; Country Report ; No. 2000/083 Full text available on IMF http://elibrary.imf.org/view/journals/002/2000/083/002.2000.issue-083-en.xml IMF e-Library