Economic Growth Of Singapore In The Twentieth Century: Historical Gdp Estimates And Empirical InvestigationsResearch on Singapore's economic history has been complicated by the absence of economic data on pre independence Singapore. This book aims to fill the gap by presenting a time series of historical GDP estimates for the periods 1900 39 and 1950 60. The new data presented in the book sheds light on two key aspects of Singapore's economic history, namely the relationship between economic instability and growth, as well as the government's fiscal policy