On the Future of Macao: Success Without Dilemma

Abstract

The small geographic and economic scale of Macao is the main factor constraining the city’s political and social development. Moreover, the dynamics of Macao’s urban change are significantly influenced by external forces, particularly the changing cross-border relationship between Macao and the mainland. To escape its current dilemma, the Macao government needs to change the city’s mode of development and launch internal and external reforms that promote structural change and regional integration.