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Policy and Planning

Navigating a Complex World: A Simple Guide for Public Officers

1 January 2019

Edited by Peter Ho and Sheila Pakir

Book cover of Navigating a Complex World: A Simple Guide for Public Officers

Publisher: Civil Service College
ISBN: 978-981-14-2642-1 (pbk)
ISBN: 978-981-14-2709-1 (ebk)
Publication year: 2019

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.

Contents

  • 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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