Decentralization, Institutional Ambiguity, and Mineral Resource Conflict in Mindanao, Philippines

World Development

Volumn 67, Issue , 2015, Pages 449-460

  Verbrugge, Boris ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Conflict; Decentralization; Mining; Philippines; Resource governance; Southeast Asia

Indexed keywords

CONFLICT MANAGEMENT; DECENTRALIZATION; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; MINERAL RESOURCE; MINING; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT;

MINDANAO; PHILIPPINES;

EID: 84911913365     PISSN: 0305750X     EISSN: 18735991     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2014.11.007     Document Type: Article

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