text_combined: dave long dlsilcomcom multiple generations peasantssquatters cultivate live lands almost human parts property package id read getting legal title take 20 years believe 1 year ought sufficient helped cairo reference id assumed talking urban poor see people living mansions even suburban subdivisions assume didnt much trouble titles see people living shanties haphazard alleyways tend assume parcels werent exactly recorded government maps paid bank loan especially nearby vacant lots shotgun wielding men presumably intent keeping development free may manhattanites view america say outside metro manila davao maybe another city two cebu everything else literally boondocks going broad assumption guess im describing flip side mr rogers experience paisanos leave behind remain patrons rural land move manila second assumption squat shantytowns least line middleclass job going two large assumptions come scenario title would take 20 years shantytown arises somewhere midst section whatever spanish used divvy land takes decades arguing put together package somehow compensate owner record lots inhabitants transferring title existing lot parties money ought problem obvious solution least us barking farting chihuahuas fork introduce market mechanisms left exercise come one works many agents perceived negligible npv dave land reform meant agricultural producers plant crops time profitable happened highlycapitalized land putting trees instead crops sounds like might sidestep mr long think youd particularly enjoy de soto work find list chance explanation bell jar meantime httpxentcommailmanlistinfofork thu 22 aug 2002 111157 0700 curse indias socialism