HO, Wai Luen Terence

HO, Wai Luen Terence

HO, Wai Luen Terence

Associate Professor in Practice

BA(Hons) in Economics, University of Cambridge MA in International and Development Economics, Yale University MBA with Distinction, INSEAD

Terence Ho is Associate Professor in Practice at the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, National University of Singapore.

Since 2002, Terence has served in various policy, research and leadership roles in the Singapore Public Service--as an Economist at the Ministry of Trade and Industry, Assistant Director of Higher Education at the Ministry of Education, General Manager of South East Community Development Council, Director of Performance and Resource Management /Director of Economic Programmes at the Ministry of Finance, and Divisional Director of Manpower Planning and Policy at the Ministry of Manpower, where he was also Chief Data Officer. He was a Board Member of the Workforce Singapore Agency (2017-2020) and the Building and Construction Authority (2016-2021).

Terence is the author of Refreshing the Singapore System: Recalibrating Socio-Economic Policy for the 21st Century (World Scientific, 2021), Governing Well: Reflections on Singapore and Beyond (2023), and Future-Ready Governance: Perspectives on Singapore and the World (2024). He was awarded the Public Administration Medal (Silver) in 2023.
  • Economic, Labour and Education Policy

  • Fiscal policy

  • Public sector management and organisation

  • Social security, inequality and social mobility

  • Manpower, economic and fiscal policy

  • Social security

  • PP5165 - Markets and Growth
  • PP5804 Governance Study Project

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