Monetary institutions in newly independent countries: The experience of Malaya, Ghana and Nigeria in the 1950s

Financial History Review

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 181-198

  Schenk, Catherine R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 1142278115     PISSN: 09685650     EISSN: 14740052     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0968565000000950     Document Type: Article

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