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Heirs of Mario Malabanan vs. Republic of the Philippines

HEIRS OF MARIO MALABANAN, Petitioner, versus REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES, Respondent.

G.R. No. 179987 | 2009-04-29

D E C I S I O N

Tinga, J.:
 
One main reason why the informal sector has not become formal is that from Indonesia to Brazil, 90 percent of the informal lands are not titled and registered. This is a generalized phenomenon in the so-called Third World. And it has many consequences.
 
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The question is: How is it that so many governments, from Suharto's in Indonesia to Fujimori's in Peru, have wanted to title these people and have not been able to do so effectively? One reason is that none of the state systems in Asia or Latin America can gather proof of informal titles. In Peru, the informals have means of proving property...