The Moro Conflict: Landlessness and Misdirected State Policies

Underlying all the manifestations of a complex conflict in the southern Philippines is a straightforward political-economic explanation. This study contends that landlessness and the continuing weakness of state institutions in implementing agrarian reform and enforcing ancestral domain claims are fundamental issues whose resolution may well hold the key to establishing long-term peace in the southern Philippines.
          
          Published by East-West Center. Available exclusively from ISEAS for distribution in Asia.