Who Benefited from Burundi's Demobilization Program?

This paper assesses the impact of the demobilization, reinsertion and reintegration program in post-war Burundi. Two major rebel groups benefited from cash and in-kind transfers, the CNDD-FDD from 2004, and the FNL from 2010. A panel data of households collected in 2006 and 2010 is combined with off...

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Main Author: D'Aoust, Olivia
Other Authors: Sterck, Olivier, Verwimp, Philip
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C The World Bank 2016
Series:World Bank E-Library Archive
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