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Rockefeller Archive Center Research Reports are created by recipients of research travel stipends and by many others who have conducted research at the RAC. The reports demonstrate the breadth of the RAC's archival holdings, particularly in the study of philanthropy and its effects. Read more about the history of philanthropy at resource.rockarch.org. Also, see the RAC Bibliography of Scholarship, a comprehensive online database of publications citing RAC archival collections.

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The Rockefeller Foundation and the Administration of the Philippines

January 1, 2010

Civilian control of the Philippines emerged early in the era of American administration, diminishing the authority of the military and facilitating Filipino participation in the regime. Throughout this period American public servants relied on Filipino collaboration, cooperation, and eventually permission to accomplish their tasks. Many Americans found this dynamic frustrating. They were supposed to be the experts in charge of creating a modern state on these Pacific islands. Administrators, civil servants, educators, and public health officials embraced a progressive agenda that relied upon efficiency, technology, and expertise to develop the Philippines. From the beginning of the Insular Government, structural limits constrained Americans' ability to implement reforms. Filipino demands for independence shaped policy in Washington and confined colonial development within boundaries established by the colonized elite.

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