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Getting a Dial Tone: Telecommunications Liberalisation in Malaysia and the Philippines, by Lorraine Carlos-Salazar, Senior Researcher at LIRNEasia and Visiting Research Fellow at the Institute of Southeast Asian Studies (ISEAS), was published by ISEAS this week. The work analyses the telecom reform process in Malaysia and the Philippines where far-reaching reforms have taken place. 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.

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The final report from the World Dialogue on Regulation (WDR) 3rd research cycle has been released and can now be downloaded or ordered in hardcopy. Edited by Amy Mahan and William H. Melody, this most recent collection of the network’s research and case studies elaborates on inclusive and propoor strategies for extending network development.

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Four professors from the London School of Economics, a LIRNE.NET partner, collaborated in the recently released book The Oxford Handbook of Information and Communication Technologies. The handbook is about the many challenges presented by ICTs. It sets out an intellectual agenda that examines the implications of ICTs for individuals, organizations, democracy, and the economy.
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William H. Melody has a chapter in a recently published book The Oxford Handbook of Information and Communication Technologies. Melody’s chapter, Markets and Policies in New Knowledge Economies examines some of the generic developments and key characteristics of evolving twenty-first century new knowledge economies that are becoming evident, their implications for market development, and the important issues they are raising for government policy and regulation relating to market governance in the new economy.

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The final report from the second World Dialogue on Regulation for Network Economies research cycle has been released in both print and online formats. Edited by Amy Mahan and William Melody, the 383 page book contains the body of research and country case studies undertaken to investigate issues and perspectives on the theme Stimulating Investment in Network Development: Roles for Regulators.

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