Agrarian Reform and Democracy: Lessons from the Philippine Experience

• Main Author: Lanzona, Leonardo A, Jr
• Format: text
• Published: Archīum Ateneo 2019
• Subjects: Market-led agrarian reform; democracy; transaction costs; agency theory; Philippines; Economics
• Online Access: https://archium.ateneo.edu/economics-faculty-pubs/4; https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/0976399619879866
• Institution: Ateneo De Manila University

Throughout the country’s history, agrarian reform in the Philippines has long been a combative issue and one that is often preceded by some form of instability and violence. Used mainly as a tool to garner grassroots support, agrarian reforms were formally institutionalized by setting up regulations...