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Introduction

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This book is concerned with the structure of financial institutions, and the modus operandi of monetary policy in six countries in Southeast Asia, namely, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore and Thailand. The purpose of this introductory chapter is to provide a brief explanation of the nature, objective and scope of the study.

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  1. R. F. Emery, The Financial Institutions of Southeast Asia (New York: Praeger, 1970).

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  2. Another earlier work is S. G. Davies (ed.), Central Banking in South and East Asia (Hong Kong University Press, 1960). Dealing with central banking in the 1950s in a very sketchy manner, the book is much less useful than Emery’s.

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  3. H. G. Grubel and T. Morgan (eds), Exchange Rate Policy in Southeast Asia (Lexington: Lexington Books, 1973).

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  4. S. Y. Lee, The Monetary and Banking Development of Malaysia and Singapore (Singapore University Press, 1974);

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Lee, S.Y., Jao, Y.C. (1982). Introduction. In: Financial Structures and Monetary Policies in Southeast Asia. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-16454-7_1

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