Currency, credit and commerce : early growth in Southeast Asia / Peter J. Drake.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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 / J. H. Drabble and P. J. Drake -- 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 Measures, 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 / H. W. Arndt and P. J. Drake.