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Acknowledgements I would like to thank Aaron Martin for his research support on this paper, and the helpful reviews and support from Laurent Elder at the International Development Research Centre. Maria Yalamova was essential in assisting on the research, and David Banisar and Edgar Whitley for their constant flows of helpful information sources, and the earlier work of Nicholas Pauro. This report relied heavily on the feedback from our research partners on the PrivAsia project, including Al Alegre, Shahzad Ahmad, Jehan Ara, Vickram Crishna, Nighat Dad, Kerina Francis, Nagarjuna G., Rajan Gandhi, Elonnai Hickok, Prashant lyengar, Ahmed Swapan Mahmud, Pirongrong Ramasoota, Phet Sayo, Dinesh Thapa and Nigel Waters. I am also grateful for the insightful research from Jeremy Gruber and Helen Wallace, and the ever-valuable insight from Simon Davies.