ASIAN ECONOMIC HISTORY
Series Two: Economic Development in Brunei, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Singapore, South Korea and Taiwan, 1950-1980

(Public Record Office files from the Foreign Office, Colonial Office,Treasury, Dominions Office, Board of Trade and Cabinet Committees)

Part 4: Files for 1963-1966

We bring together a diverse range of files from The National Archives, Kew to chart the continued economic development of these nations in the 1960s. This part has excellent material on:

• Foreign aid and investment
• The exploitation of oil and natural gas fields in Brunei
• Textiles and other commodities
• Manpower requirements, training and education
• Economic forecasts
• Trade policy, tariffs and other restrictions
• Technical assistance
• The IMF, World Bank, GATT and ECAFE
• The significance of US aid and US policy in the region