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The research reported in this book was supported by the International Development Research Centre (IDRC) of Canada. The compilation of the research into an integrated whole was assisted by the financial support provided by the Social Science Research Council (SSRC) and IDRC.

The research in Sections 2 to 4 was conducted as part of third cycle of World Dialogue on Regulation for Networked Economies (WDR) research on diversifying participation in network development, an effort coordinated by a team led by Professor William Melody. The inspiration behind the research in Section 1 was Dr Randy Spence, then at the IDRC. Randy was also the champion of the pro-market, pro-poor research and capacity-building program which has been implemented in emerging Asia by LIRNEasia. This book would not have come about if not for the faith Bill and Randy had in the LIRNEasia team and approach. This book is dedicated to them.

The editors and authors gratefully acknowledge the contributions of Muttukrishna Sarvananthan (Point Pedro Institute of Development), Claire Milne (London School of Economics and Political Science and Antelope Consulting), Abu Saeed Khan, Ratna K. Tuladhar, Mahinda Ramasundara (Suntel [Pvt.] Ltd, at the time), as well as of the interviewees and all those who provided data, too numerous to mention here. There was extraordinary cross-fertilization of ideas among the authors over the duration of the research and writing and their mutual contributions must be noted. The editors are also grateful to Chanuka Wattegama and Luxman Siriwardena for their contributions in shaping the research behind this book.

We acknowledge the contributions of participants at the 10th LIRNE.NET regulatory training course and the WDR Expert Forum in Singapore and the LIRNEasia Networking Meeting in Jakarta in September–October 2005 in improving the research.

Acknowledgements are also due to TNS Lanka, who conducted the research in Section 1 of this book. Sriganesh Lokanathan, Prashanthi Weragoda and Sabina Fernando of LIRNEasia helped manage the research at various stages and knit the separate components into a unified collection.

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