[governance] new paper on the Hyderaband [sic] programme

[Jeffrey A. Williams]

Milton and all,
  Good point Milton.  I would wager and give you odds that the
vast majority of US citizens support this position in the very
general sense.  Of course the devil is in the details...

-----Original Message-----
>From: Milton L Mueller <mueller at syr.edu>
>Sent: Jun 14, 2008 2:25 PM
>To: Parminder <parminder at itforchange.net>, governance at lists.cpsr.org
>Subject: RE: [governance] new paper on the Hyderaband [sic] programme
>
>
>This part of the EU statement is a good example of how this issue could
>be framed in a way acceptable to me.
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> further quotes from an EU website..
>> 
>> "....hampered by market failures in rural and remote areas. In 
>> such cases, well-targeted state aid may therefore be 
>> appropriate, e.g. in the form of public private partnerships 
>> to support the construction of open networks. But we have to 
>> make sure that state aid does not crowd out private 
>> initiative, nor distort competition to an extent contrary to 
>> the common interest." 
>
>Had you said something like that, it would show a recognition of and
>willingness to accept the good aspects of post-telecom monopoly
>liberalization policies. 
>
>In other words, yes, I agree with you we are fighting a "proxy war"
>about broader political philosophies/ideologies. When you make grand
>pronouncements about "ensuring universal access" I can always read
>between the lines: expand state action in a way that reproduces all the
>mistakes of the post-colonial developing world's wrong turn into
>dirigiste and socialism. There seems to be no recognition of the many
>flaws and problems associated with that, only an insistence on "market
>failure." (Not to mention the problem that globally, there is no state).
>Yet, I am unwilling to concede either that your position is the majority
>one in civil society or even that it represents the best interests of
>developing countries. Or, even if it is the majority position now, I am
>convinced that given time and exposure to facts and logic that people
>will change their minds in the right direction.
>
>Off list, I will send you a paper I wrote on universal service policy,
>entitled, "Universal Service Policies as Wealth Redistribution." If
>nothing else, you will have a more accurate understanding of my
>position. 
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