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Lawyer and founder of the Institute for Autonomy and Governance; former dean of law at Notre Dame University, Cotabato City, and a fellow of the United States Institute of Peace.
2004Out of print
Beyond Paper AutonomyBenedicto R. Bacani
Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung Philippines
A study of why Muslim autonomy in the southern Philippines has stayed largely 'on paper', and what real self-rule for the ARMM would require. It includes the text of the 1976 Tripoli Agreement.
2013Out of print
Transition to the Bangsamoroed. Benedicto R. Bacani
Institute for Autonomy and Governance
A 326-page collection published a year after the 2012 Framework Agreement on the Bangsamoro, on the move from the ARMM to a new Bangsamoro political entity. Edited by IAG founder Benedicto Bacani, with contributions including Peter Koeppinger, Crisanto Cayon and Kathleen Geslani.

2023Free to read
Research on the Implementation of the National Action Plan on Preventing and Countering Violent Extremism (NAP P/CVE) in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim MindanaoBenedicto R. Bacani, Norma Tillo-Gomez, Ofelia Durante and others
Institute for Autonomy and Governance
An assessment of how the national plan against violent extremism is being carried out in the 5 provinces of the BARMM. It draws on interviews with 50 officials, 10 focus groups with 78 community leaders and a survey of 150 programme beneficiaries.