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Explainers

Explainer pieces, designed after The Economist Explains, take apart a policy, explain it in simple terms, and examine its rationales, implications, and trade-offs.

Economy Explainers Security Smart Nation Urban Development 

Rethinking the Push Towards a Cash-Free Society

March 3, 2019March 5, 2019 Cashless, Economy

As part of the Smart Nation initiative, the government has been pushing for Singapore to go fully cashless within the next few years. Soh Kian Peng lays out the benefits and drawbacks of this move and explains why a complete switch away from cash might not be desirable.

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Data Explainers Op-Ed Smart Nation 

Singapore’s Personal Data Protection Act: A Legal Primer

June 11, 2018October 24, 2018 #featured

As we put more of our lives and data online, personal data and its management has become a much more controversial issue. What are Singapore’s laws on the issue, and how do we balance technological progress with personal privacy? Jarret Huang explains.

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Economy Editorial Environment Explainers Transport Urban Development 

The Economics of Bike Sharing

March 30, 2018October 24, 2018 #featured

Singapore’s bike-sharing market has expanded dramatically in the past year. Huey Lee and Nicholas Lui explain the economics underlying the all-in strategy many firms have taken, how the firms can be profitable, and what the Government’s regulatory responses should be.

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The Singapore Policy Journal at the Harvard Kennedy School was founded in 2014 as the first student-run country-specific journal at HKS.

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