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dc.date.accessioned | 2022-06-21T11:14:54Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2022-06-21T11:14:54Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2006 | - |
dc.identifier.citation | Johnson, M. T. (2006). A contentious privatisation : a review of the Maltese postal service in the recent past (Diploma long essay). | en_GB |
dc.identifier.uri | https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/98274 | - |
dc.description | DIP.PUBLIC ADMIN. | en_GB |
dc.description.abstract | In both the developed and the developing world, postal systems remain indispensable elements of the information infrastructure. Although after more than twenty years Sinclair's statement remains relevant, rapid changes in communications technology over the past decades have led many countries to re-evaluate their postal systems. In this regard Malta is no exception. The Maltese postal service has undergone a complete transformation in the recent past. Previously regarded as an important means of internal communication and as a vehicle that enabled contact with Maltese migrants in distant countries and provided facilities for the inward and outward remittance of funds, the postal service has in recent years joined the fray of competition, struggling in a world of liberalisation, privatisation and new strategies and practices. For many years the Government was the sole provider of the postal service in Malta. The service was not profit-oriented but was influenced by economic objectives and social criteria so that the Maltese postal administration would function efficiently within the constraints imposed by local conditions and at the same time remain at the service of Maltese citizens. [...] | en_GB |
dc.language.iso | en | en_GB |
dc.rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess | en_GB |
dc.subject | Postal service -- Malta | en_GB |
dc.subject | Privatization -- Malta | en_GB |
dc.subject | Lotto -- Malta | en_GB |
dc.title | A contentious privatisation : a review of the Maltese postal service in the recent past | en_GB |
dc.type | diploma | en_GB |
dc.rights.holder | The copyright of this work belongs to the author(s)/publisher. The rights of this work are as defined by the appropriate Copyright Legislation or as modified by any successive legislation. Users may access this work and can make use of the information contained in accordance with the Copyright Legislation provided that the author must be properly acknowledged. Further distribution or reproduction in any format is prohibited without the prior permission of the copyright holder. | en_GB |
dc.publisher.institution | University of Malta | en_GB |
dc.publisher.department | Faculty of Economics, Management and Accountancy. Department of Public Policy | en_GB |
dc.description.reviewed | N/A | en_GB |
dc.contributor.creator | Johnson, Marie Therese (2006) | - |
Appears in Collections: | Dissertations - FacEma - 1959-2008 Dissertations - FacEMAPP - 1959-2010 |
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