This paper is mainly concerned with the optimal global asymptotic behavior of the unique convex solution to a singular Dirichlet problem for the Monge-Ampère equation detwhere Ω is a strict convex and bounded smooth domain in R n with n ≥ 2, g ∈ C 1 ((0, ∞)) is positive and decreasing in (0, ∞) with lim s→0 + g(s) = ∞, b ∈ C ∞ (Ω) is positive in Ω, but may vanish or blow up on the boundary properly. Our approach is based on the construction of suitable sub-and super-solutions.2000 Mathematics Subject Classification. Primary: 35J75; Secondary: 35J96. Key words and phrases. The Monge-Ampère equations, a singular boundary value problem, the unique convex solution, global asymptotic behavior.