Research & Policy Publications

September 1, 2013 Foreign governments and large scale financial institutions, hedge funds and real estate investment trusts as well as private and public companies are showing rising interest in farm ownership and management in several countries in Africa, South-east Asia, … Read More

July 1, 2013 Singapore has recognized the importance of universal principles and paradigms in the management of water resources whilst also acknowledging that they do not automatically lead to improvement unless there is a strong emphasis on policy and programme … Read More

June 1, 2013 In Singapore water is treated as an economic good. It is priced to recover the full costs of production and to reflect the scarcity of the resource and the high cost of developing additional water sources. Within … Read More

April 30, 2013 This article looks at whether the exploitation of shale gas could end India’s energy crisis. The authors argue that the country currently lacks the technical capabilities necessary to utilize its recoverable resources. Furthermore, shale gas exploitation would … Read More

December 1, 2012 This paper analyzes the strategies that were adopted to clean Singapore river systems and how these were successfully implemented. It also analyzes the economic, social, and environmental dimensions of these strategies, whose objectives were to develop the … Read More

November 12, 2012 One of the many actions Singapore implemented as part of its strategy for sustainable development was the cleanup of its several river systems which were grossly polluted when the city–state became independent in 1965. The then Prime … Read More

On 1 July 2012, some 13,500 participants from 99 countries/regions gathered at Singapore’s Marina Bay Sands Convention Centre to take part in the Singapore International Water Week (SIWW). Simultaneously, in a much smaller room, 14 specially invited water experts from … Read More