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Central Banking as State Building: Policymakers and Their Nationalism in the Philippines, 1933-1964 (Kyoto CSEAS Series on Asian Studies) - Softcover

Takagi, Yusuke

 
9789814722117: Central Banking as State Building: Policymakers and Their Nationalism in the Philippines, 1933-1964 (Kyoto CSEAS Series on Asian Studies)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 9814722111 ISBN 13: 9789814722117
Publisher: NUS Press, 2016

Synopsis

From its creation in 1949 until the 1960s, the Central Bank of the Philippines dominated industrial policy by means of exchange controls, becoming a symbol of nationalism for a newly independent state. The pre-war Philippine National Bank was closely linked to the colonial administration and plagued by corruption scandals. As the country moved toward independence, ambitious young politicians, colonial bureaucrats, and private sector professionals concluded that economic decolonization required a new bank at the heart of the country’s finances in order to break away from the individuals and institutions that dominated the colonial economy.

Positioning this bank within broader political structures, Yusuke Takagi concludes that the Filipino policy makers behind the Central Bank worked not for vested interests associated with colonial or neo-colonial rule but for structural reform based on particular policy ideas.

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About the Author

Yusuke Takagi is Assistant Professor at the National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies (GRIPS).

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Publisher
NUS Press
Publication date
2016
Language
English
ISBN 10 
9814722111
ISBN 13 
9789814722117
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
288