Getting a Dial Tone: Telecommunications Liberalisation in Malaysia and the Philippines

"Ninety-nine percent of Filipinos are waiting for a telephone and the other one percent for a dial tone…" - Lee Kuan Yew, November 1992. A decade after the above "e, far reaching reforms in the telecommunications sector has dramatically changed the situation in both the Philippines an...

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1. Verfasser: Monfries, John (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Singapore ISEAS Publishing [2007]
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Zusammenfassung:"Ninety-nine percent of Filipinos are waiting for a telephone and the other one percent for a dial tone…" - Lee Kuan Yew, November 1992. A decade after the above "e, far reaching reforms in the telecommunications sector has dramatically changed the situation in both the Philippines and Malaysia. By looking at the institutions and actors that drove these changes, this book examines state capacity, market reform, and rent-seeking in the two countries. In doing so, the study challenges conventional depictions of the Malaysian and Philippine states. It contends that despite the weakness of the Philippine state, reform occurred through a coalition that out-manoeuvred vested interests. In Malaysia, although considered a strong state, patronage and rent-seeking played key roles in policy adoption and implementation. The study also demonstrates how the nature of groups supporting reform shapes policy implementation and its outcomes. Finally, while liberalisation removes monopoly rent, this book shows that it can also create other types of rents
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ISBN:9789812305664
DOI:10.1355/9789812305664

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