How long it takes to get a Temporary Working Permit

In Singapore and the Republic of Korea, it only takes ten days on average to obtain a temporary work permit. In Honduras, the same process can take up to 22 weeks. The global average to obtain a temporary work permit is eight weeks. The process is the fastest in the East Asia and the Pacific region where it takes five weeks. With 11 weeks, the processing time in the Middle East and North Africa region is the slowest.

That is from this paper by Dieter De Smet

TWP: Temporary Working Permit. 

What improves health care systems

In a very interesting post on Singapore's hospital industry, Tyler Cowen offers some key lessons:

. . . urbanization is good for your health care system. That is another reason to deregulate urban density. 

. . . congestion prices for your roads make it easier for hospitals to compete. Driving north on the Beltway to a Maryland hospital, from Fairfax, isn’t so great, especially if you are really sick.