Abstract:
Historical land policies, inequality, marginalization, weak governance, and perpetual armed conflict have conspired to ensure underdevelopment and displacement among the Muslims and Lumads of Mindanao. The confluence of armed conflict, corrupt politics, and the destruction/confiscation of productive assets are at the very heart of the political economy of displacement in Mindanao. Forced displacement has been a means to control strategic territory (land and natural resources) by influencing the movement and loyalties of the local population ensuring their deepening dependence in evacuation centers, temporary relocation site (sometimes a formally declared closed old evacuation site), or simply an urban or peri - urban squatter settlement. The numbers of displaced have ranged from a high of nearly 1 million in 2000 to a fluctuating 100 - 250,000 in 2012 - 13.
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| Source Institution | World Bank |
| Source URL | http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/WDSContentServer/WDSP/IB/2014/10/27/000333037_20141027033338/Rendered/PDF/917680WP0BNPP000Box385343B00PUBLIC0.pdf |
| Page Count | 55 |
| Place of Publication | Washington DC |
| Original Publication Date | June 17, 2014 |
| Tags | Case Study, Economy, Guidance, Lesson, Political Economy, Politics |