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USAID ASSISTANCE IN MINDANAO
USAID OBJECTIVES IN MINDANAO
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Business climate improved, equitable economic growth
Former combatants reintegrated into the economy
Local government units (LGU's) strengthened
Family planning, health and nutrition services improved
Productive life-sustaining natural resources protected
Remote villages electrified through renewable energy
Access to quality Education & Youth
HISTORICAL AND GEOGRAPHIC CONTENT
Mindanao and the Sulu archipelago comprise about one-third of the Philippines' territory and one-quarter of the country's total population (about 20 million people). It is the poorest region of the Philippines, partly because of the long-standing conflict with the Muslim population, which numbers over 4 million.
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After an upsurge of conflict spurred by increasing competition for land and political
influence in the 1970s, a process of integration was initiated by the "Tripoli Agreement"
with the Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) in 1976, brokered by the Organization of
Islamic Conference (OIC).
In 1989, the Philippines unilaterally created the Autonomous Region of Muslim Mindanao (the ARMM), with four of Mindanao's and Sulu's 21 provinces joining the ARMM despite the MNLF's boycott.
After intensive negotiations, the MNLF signed a Peace Agreement in 1996. The MNLF Chairman subsequently won election as ARMM Governor.
In 2000, small clashes between the Philippine armed forces and an MNLF splinter group, the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (the MILF), grew into a major conflict. The MILF signed agreements in mid-2001 on conflict management (with the OIC's participation) and on a process toward definitive peace.
The ARMM was enlarged by the adhesion of one additional province and one chartered city in late 2001. The ARMM's population also approved an amendment to the ARMM's Organic Act that will expand the authority of local governments within the ARMM Region.
GRANT ASSISTANCE LEVEL TO MINDANAO
| FISCAL YEAR | TOTAL ASSISTANCE ($USD M) |
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| 2001 | 18.9 |
| 2002 | 47.4 |
| 2003 | 51.2 |
| 2004 | 57.0 |
| 2005 | 54.0 |
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