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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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R. F. Emery, The Financial Institutions of Southeast Asia (New York: Praeger, 1970).
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.
H. G. Grubel and T. Morgan (eds), Exchange Rate Policy in Southeast Asia (Lexington: Lexington Books, 1973).
S. Y. Lee, The Monetary and Banking Development of Malaysia and Singapore (Singapore University Press, 1974);
Y. C. Jao, Banking and Currency in Hong Kong: A Study of Postwar Financial Development, (London: Macmillan, 1974).
E. S. Shaw, Financial Deepening in Economic Development (New York: Oxford University Press, 1973);
R. I. McKinnon, Money and Capital in Economic Development (Washington: Brookings Institution, 1973).
R.I. McKinnon (ed.), Money and Finance in Economic Growth and Development (New York: Marcel Dekker, 1976); Symposium on Finance in Developing Countries, Journal of Development Studies, January 1977, pp. 1–143.
G. Ranis, ‘Economic Development and Financial Institutions’, in B. Balassa and R. Nelson (eds), Economic Progress, Private Values, and Public Policy (Amsterdam: North-Holland, 1977), pp. 27–56.
The World Bank, World Development Report 1979 (Washington, 1979), pp. 126–129.
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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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