Navigating a Complex World: A Simple Guide for Public Officers

ISBN: 978-981-14-2642-1 (pbk) | 2019

Edited by Peter Ho and Sheila Pakir

This book is intended as a primer for public officers on complexity and its applications to public policy. It recounts the steps the Singapore Government has taken to use complexity to better inform policymaking, from making long-term strategic planning more robust, to planning public transport infrastructure more holistically, to enabling senior citizens to age in place through improved community healthcare. It also examines what can be done in the years ahead to infuse an understanding of complexity across the public service.

INTRODUCTION

CHAPTER 1: A COMPLEX WORLD

SONG Hsi Ching and Anuradha SHROFF

CHAPTER 2: SCENARIO PLANNING AND SCENARIO PLANNING PLUS

Mohammed JALEES

CHAPTER 3: DATA-DRIVEN AGENT-BASED MODELLING AND ITS APPLICATIONS

SONG Hsi Ching

CHAPTER 4: COMPLEXITY IN SOCIAL POLICY

Bernard TING

CHAPTER 5: FUTURE DIRECTIONS

Aaron MANIAM

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