How can unconditional cash transfers transform the longer-term prospects of lower-income families?

Singapore Budget 2025 is a landmark one, coinciding with the year Singapore turns 60, and arriving ahead of the General Elections. This is also the first Budget under Prime Minister Lawrence Wong. But beyond the headline-grabbing incentives, does Budget 2025 truly create opportunities for all? The team at the Social Inclusion Project (SIP) host this podcast special. Moderated by SIP’s Nessa Swinn Yap, and led by SIP’s lead, Dr Ng Kok Hoe (Senior Research Fellow, NUS Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy), they speak to guests Dr Stephanie Chok (Executive Director, Humanitarian Organization for Migration Economics (HOME)), and Lim Jingzhou (Community Worker, Cassia Resettlement Team) to explore the Budget’s implications for lower-income groups, migrant workers, and caregivers.

Singapore’s Budget 2025 reflects the government’s commitment to addressing the immediate needs of its people and the long-term vision for the country. See what LKYSPP professors say about the Budget and what it might mean for Singapore.

A Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy seminar explores the opportunities and challenges in marrying domain expertise, critical thinking, and responsible AI implementation in policymaking.