Currency, credit and commerce : early growth in Southeast Asia /
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| Author / Creator: | Drake, P. J. (Peter Joseph) |
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| Imprint: | Aldershot, Hants, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, c2004. |
| Description: | 257 p. ; 24 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/5152688 |
Table of Contents:
- Foreword
- Notes
- Preface
- I. Financing Early Growth
- 1. Natural Resources versus Foreign Borrowing in Economic Development
- 2. The Economic Development of British Malaya to 1914: An Essay in Historiography with Some Questions for Historians
- 3. The British Agency Houses in Malaysia: Survival in a Changing World
- 4. Vent for Surplus, the Subsistence Fund, and the Evolution of Money
- II. The Provision of Local Money
- 5. Southeast Asian Monies and the Problem of a Common Measure, with Particular Reference to the Nineteenth Century
- 6. The Evolution of Money in Singapore Since 1819
- 7. The Working of the Malayan Currency Board and the Implications of the Currency Board System
- 8. Monetary Developments in Malaya and Singapore, 1959-1965
- 9. Singapore and Malaysia: The Monetary Consequences
- 10. Monetary and Exchange Rate Management in Tiny, Open Underdeveloped Economies
- III. Emerging Securities Markets
- 11. Securities Markets in Less-Developed Countries
- 12. The New-Issue Boom in Malaya and Singapore 1961-1964
- 13. The Development of Equity and Bond Markets in the Pacific Region
- 14. Some Reflections on Problems Affecting Securities Markets in Less-Developed Countries
- 15. Bank Loans or Bonds: Some Lessons of Historical Experience
- Index of Names
