Research · Area VI
Singapore has poverty, too.
Singapore has poverty, too — and patterns of unmet need that don't fit the country's narrative of itself. This work, much of it produced with colleagues at SMU's Lien Centre for Social Innovation, has documented inequality, the social and financial needs of older Singaporeans, the resilience of cottage industries, and the racial gap in educational achievement.
Dreams Realised, Dreams Deferred: Understanding and Addressing the Racial Gap in Educational Achievement in Singapore
Donaldson, John A., and Abdul Shariff Aboo Kassim. 2021. Singapore: The Centre for Research on Islamic and Malay Affairs (RIMA).
Understanding the Resilience of Cottage Industries in Singapore
Donaldson, John A., Yoganathan S/O Theva, and Esther Chong. 2019. Written for the National Heritage Board, Singapore.
A Handbook on Inequality, Poverty and Unmet Social Needs in Singapore
Smith, Catherine J., John A. Donaldson, Sanushka Mudaliar, Mumtaz Md Kadir, and Lam Keong Yeoh. 2015. Singapore Management University, Lien Centre for Social Innovation.
Elderly Population in Singapore: Understanding Social, Physical and Financial Needs
Donaldson, John A., Catherine J. Smith, Balambigai Balakrishnan, Mumtaz Md Kadir, and Sanushka Mudaliar. 2015. SMU Change Lab, Lien Centre for Social Innovation.
Social Innovation in Development: A Call to Break Down Silos
Donaldson, John A., Sanushka Mudaliar, and Victoria Gerrard. 2014. Social Space, no. 7.
Measuring Poverty in Singapore: Frameworks for Consideration
Donaldson, John A., Jacqueline Loh, Sanushka Mudaliar, Mumtaz Md Kadir, Biqi Wu, and Lam Keong Yeoh. 2013. Social Space, no. 6.