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Most importantly, the attitude of the official media was instrumental in obscuring and undermining the 23 extent and gravity of the problems that millions of rural dwellers were about to face. Long before the law was issued in 1992 and until well after the full implementation in 1997, the press played a vital role in directing public opinion, and thus shaping the course of events. Analysis of the press material provided the main source for investigating the wider public political discourse that surrounded the tenancy crisis.
A state requires well-informed, well-trained and well-paid civil servants, and it is a state responsibility to figure out how to do that with limited resources. Economic reform during the 1990s requires tremendous legislation effort, which in turn requires informed legislators with an ability to collect information, share it, and process it into law. Without transparent lawmaking, civil society activists will continue to consider globalization a conspiratorial alliance between the state and big capital (Shihata 1999; Springborg 1999).