Assessing the Reintegration of Ex-Combatants in the Context of Instability and Informal Economies : The Cases of the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of Congo and South Sudan

Lamb, Guy

World Bank, Washington, DC

关键词: ADULT LITERACY;    ADULT POPULATION;    AGRICULTURE;    ARMED CONFLICT;    ARMED FORCE;   

RP-ID  :  71482

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: World Bank Open Knowledge Repository

【 摘 要 】

The implementation of effectiveDisarmament, Demobilisation and Reintegration (DDR)programmes in countries emerging from violent conflict areessential for building and maintaining peace and security.In many instances the disarmament and demobilisation offormer combatants was achieved, but reintegration remained achallenge, due to the long-term focus and the substantialresources that are required for such a process to besuccessful. Reintegration processes are, nonetheless, oftenimplemented in fragile environments, that include fragmentedeconomies, in which most income generating activities areinformal or unreported. Such economies are oftencharacterised by unregulated, illicit activities, in whichofficial governance is weak. This report is comprised ofthree parts. Part one includes a review of the literature onthe reintegration of former combatants and the informaleconomy in Africa; a synopsis of post-conflict economies;and an outline of the analytical framework. Part twopresents the findings of the case study research, focusingon the economies and DDR processes in each of the threecountries, as well as assessing the reintegration process inrelation to the informal economy. The third component of thereport provides a comparative analysis of, and conclusionsfrom, the research findings.