Measuring Poverty in Singapore: Frameworks for Consideration

Author

John A. Donaldson, Singapore Management UniversityFollow
Jacqueline Loh
Sanushka Mudaliar, Singapore Management UniversityFollow
Mumtaz Md Kadir, Singapore Management UniversityFollow
Biqi Wu, Singapore Management UniversityFollow
Lam Keong Yeoh

Publication Type

Magazine Article

Version

publishedVersion

Publication Date

2013

Abstract

Singapore does not have an official poverty line. Should there be one? And what are the frameworks that have used or could be adopted for the measurement of poverty in this country? The Lien Centre for Social Innovation and SMU School of Social Sciences report on their investigation into the complex issue of domestic poverty.

Discipline

Asian Studies | Inequality and Stratification | Social Policy | Social Welfare

Research Areas

Political Science

Publication

Social Space

ISSN/ISBN

1793-7809

Publisher/Conference

Lien Centre

Copyright Owner and License

Lien Centre for Social Innovation

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 International License.

Citation

Donaldson, John A.; Loh, Jacqueline; Mudaliar, Sanushka; Md Kadir, Mumtaz; Wu, Biqi; and Yeoh, Lam Keong. Measuring Poverty in Singapore: Frameworks for Consideration. (2013). Social Space. 58-66.
Available at: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/lien_research/110