ABSTRACT As an archetypal developmental state, Singapore has always emphasized the role of higher education as a means of human capital development. The recent introduction of the SkillsFuture scheme represents a similarly development-oriented higher education policy initiative. Taking a policy design approach and drawing from mechanism design, this paper argues that the SkillsFuture scheme constitutes an act of policy ‘integration’, whereby new policy instruments and goals are added to an existing policy mix without compromising instrument mix consistency or coherence of policy goals. However, the presence of information asymmetries has also resulted in a need for ‘mechanism redesign’.

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教育发展状态：新加坡SkillsFuture计划中的政策整合和机制重新设计

摘要作为原型发展国家，新加坡一直强调高等教育作为人力资本发展手段的作用。最近引入的SkillsFuture计划代表了类似的面向发展的高等教育政策倡议。本文采用政策设计方法并从机制设计中汲取了经验，认为SkillsFuture计划构成了政策“整合”行为，即在不损害工具组合一致性或政策目标一致性的前提下，将新的政策工具和目标添加到现有政策组合中。然而，信息不对称的存在也导致了对“机制的重新设计”的需求。