What it is
The Marawi rehabilitation architecture refers to the inter-agency recovery, reconstruction, and rehabilitation arrangements established after the 2017 Marawi siege, including Task Force Bangon Marawi and subsequent national and Bangsamoro-level recovery initiatives.
Governance function
The architecture coordinates reconstruction, housing, services, compensation, infrastructure, and assistance for displaced and affected populations. Its governance challenge is to convert a conflict-recovery programme into durable urban inclusion.
Who is included
Families displaced from Marawi, residents of most affected areas, home-based IDPs, households in temporary shelters, and affected communities may be included through assistance, housing, livelihood, and reconstruction programmes.
Who is left out
Households without complete land or property documentation, renters, informal occupants, people outside official lists, and families whose displacement becomes protracted may face exclusion or delay.
Where continuity breaks
Continuity breaks between emergency aid, temporary shelter, compensation, land and property claims, permanent housing, livelihood recovery, and municipal service restoration.
Why it matters
Marawi is a critical Southeast Asian case of conflict-related urban displacement. It shows that durable solutions depend not only on ending hostilities but on land, housing, compensation, infrastructure, local governance, and trust. The political economy archetype is reconstruction-led inclusion with land and accountability bottlenecks.
Governance coding table
| Political economy archetype | Reconstruction-led inclusion |
|---|---|
| Responsibility | National agencies, Task Force Bangon Marawi, local government, BARMM institutions, housing agencies, social welfare bodies, public works agencies, and donors have all held roles. |
| Eligibility | Eligibility depends on residence, displacement status, property claims, location in affected areas, household registration, and programme-specific criteria. |
| Financing | Financing comes from national appropriations, rehabilitation pledges, donor support, housing and infrastructure budgets, and Bangsamoro or local recovery allocations. |
| Data systems | IDP lists, household profiling, property records, damage assessments, shelter records, compensation lists, and local government data shape inclusion. |
| Delivery system | Delivery runs through inter-agency task force structures, local authorities, housing programmes, cash or livelihood assistance, infrastructure projects, and social services. |
| Portability | Portability is limited when assistance is tied to place of origin, property status, temporary shelter location, or official household lists. |
| Accountability | Accountability depends on inter-agency oversight, legislative scrutiny, local grievance channels, audit, beneficiary communication, and access to land and compensation processes. |
| Time horizon | Post-conflict recovery and reconstruction, with protracted displacement and return issues extending years beyond the emergency phase. |
Sources
Official sources
- Department of Finance: Bangon Marawi rehabilitation pledges
- Bangon Marawi presentation hosted by National Economic and Development Authority