POVERTY ALLEVIATION AND THE EVICTION OF THE POOREST: TOWARDS URBAN LAND REFORM IN THE PHILIPPINES

BERNER, ERHARD

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF URBAN AND REGIONAL RESEARCH, n.º 3/2000, pág. 554

1. Introduction. 2. Access to land as key factor ofurban subsistence. 3. The stick and the carrot: conventionalresponse to the squatter problem. 4. Towards urban landreform: the Community Mortgage Program. 5. Evicting thepoor: the divisive impact of the CMP. 6. Conclusions.