Cronyism is alive and well and living in the Philippines. Maitet Diokno-Pascual looks at how privatized electricity has taken consumers for a ride.
Cronyism is alive and well and living in the Philippines. Maitet Diokno-Pascual looks at how privatized electricity has taken consumers for a ride.
Maitet Diokno-Pascual is a Filipina economist and former president of the Freedom from Debt Coalition, www.freedomfromdebtcoalition.org
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