Getting a Dial Tone : : Telecommunications Liberalisation in Malaysia and the Philippines / / John Monfries.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Asian Studies Backlist (2000-2014) eBook Package
• VerfasserIn: Monfries, John,
• Place / Publishing House: Singapore : : ISEAS Publishing, , [2007]; ©2007
• Year of Publication: 2007
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (434 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Contents --; List of Tables --; List of Figures --; List of Appendices --; List of Abbreviations --; Acknowledgements --; 1 Rent-Seeking, Market Reforms, and States --; 2 Reviewing the Literature: Theories and Puzzles --; 3 Historical Overview of the State and Business in Malaysia and the Philippines --; 4 The Telecommunications Sector in Malaysia and the Philippines Before Reform --; 5 Reforming the Malaysian Telecommunications Sector --; 6 The Liberalisation of Telecommunications in Malaysia --; 7 Regulatory Reforms in Malaysia --; 8 Reforming the Telecommunications Sector of the Philippines --; 9 The New Players and the Service Area Scheme --; 10 Regulatory Reforms in the Philippines --; 11 Conclusions --; Appendices --; Bibliography --; Index --; About the Author
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9789812305664; 9783110649772; 9783111024707; 9783110663006; 9783110606683
• DOI: 10.1355/9789812305664
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: John Monfries.

"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.