Some small countries do it better : rapid growth and its causes in Singapore, Finland, and Ireland - Yusuf, Shahid; Nabeshima, Kaoru (Washington,D.C World Bank, 2012)
Chapter 1: Looking for growth -- Growth: the stylized facts -- Hunting for Quarks --
Looking at the "Sifire" family models -- Chapter 2: How Sifire compressed development --
Globalization: the vital backdrop -- Old light -- Crises and consequenses -- Investing in
growth -- Learning and innovation -- Creative cities -- What Sifire got right -- Chapter 3:
Elements of a learning economy -- Changes in economic structure -- The rise of high-tech
exports -- Education sector: an overview -- Innovation capabilities -- Innovation facilitator --
Concluding observations -- Chapter 4: Governance and growth -- Coordinators --
Institutions for growth -- Power of urban networks -- Chapter 5: Delivering quality
education -- The power of quality education -- Vocational training -- Sustaining consistent
performance -- Starting almost from scratch: what it takes -- Chapter 6: The message from
Sifire -- Pragmatic governance -- Leveraging global markets and general-purpose
technologies -- Updating the Sifire experience -- Quality of human capital -- Implications for
African countries
Includes bibliographical references and index
Keywords: ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; SINGAPORE; IRELAND; FINLAND