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A Smart Nation is about fostering an innovation environment and overcoming challenges such as connectivity
or working in silos, which are faced by most governments around the world. Overcoming these challenges
will subsequently lead to an ecosystem that is supportive of innovation, sustainable economic growth and
environmental protection/conservation. Singapore also has various national-level coordinating agencies that
become a link between the innovators and investors. Having this public-private connect is important as it
facilitates a coordination and efficient use of available resources.
Singapore has embraced the Smart Nation vision, in order to test and evaluate various technologies that can
potentially be of commercial or social use. The government not only matches capital and creates policies that
can help these technologies or ideas take root, but also invests in scale-up and dispersion of the product/idea.
With advanced communications, efficient living conditions, a well-planned transportation system, strong
infrastructure and its mutually beneficial partnership with ITU, Singapore serves as an example to the world,
which will effectively set the basis for smart cities in the future.

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This case study has been prepared by:
Vasundhara Saravade and John Smiciklas
The authors would also like to thank Kevin Wee (IMDA) for his inputs

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