Who Benefited from Burundi's Demobilization Program?

dc.creatorD'Aoust, Olivia
dc.creatorSterck, Olivier
dc.creatorVerwimp, Philip
dc.date2016-07-07T22:17:35Z
dc.date2016-07-07T22:17:35Z
dc.date2016-06
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-01T00:46:40Z
dc.descriptionThis 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 official records from the National Commission for Demobilization, Reinsertion and Reintegration. Regression analysis shows that the cash payments received by FNL demobilized households had a positive impact on consumption, nonfood spending and investments. The program also generated positive spillovers in the villages where FNL combatants returned. Ex-combatants indeed spent a large part of their allowance on consumption goods and clothing, thereby generating a short-run economic boom in villages. However, the long-run evolution of consumption indicators is negative for CNDD-FDD households, as well as for villages where CNDD-FDD combatants returned, suggesting that the direct impact and the spillovers of the program vanished in the long run.
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dc.identifierhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2016/06/26532997/benefited-burundis-demobilization-program
dc.identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/24649
dc.identifier10.1596/1813-9450-7732
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/410829
dc.languageEnglish
dc.languageen_US
dc.publisherWorld Bank, Washington, DC
dc.relationPolicy Research Working Paper;No. 7732
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rightshttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/
dc.rightsWorld Bank
dc.subjectECONOMIC BOOM
dc.subjectDEMOBILIZED SOLDIERS
dc.subjectLIVING STANDARDS
dc.subjectCONSUMPTION EXPENDITURES
dc.subjectHOUSEHOLD SIZE
dc.subjectHOUSEHOLD SURVEY
dc.subjectTRANSITION FROM WAR TO PEACE
dc.subjectMULTIPLIERS
dc.subjectPOOR DATA
dc.subjectINCOME
dc.subjectINTEREST
dc.subjectCONSUMPTION BEHAVIOR
dc.subjectCOMBATANTS
dc.subjectINCOME CHANGES
dc.subjectDISCOUNT RATE
dc.subjectLIQUIDITY
dc.subjectELASTICITY
dc.subjectPOLITICAL ECONOMY
dc.subjectCONSTRAINTS
dc.subjectWELFARE
dc.subjectCURRENT CONSUMPTION
dc.subjectMEASUREMENT ERRORS
dc.subjectECONOMIC POLICY
dc.subjectLABOR ECONOMICS
dc.subjectPOLICY DISCUSSIONS
dc.subjectVARIABLES
dc.subjectEMPIRICAL STUDIES
dc.subjectSOLDIERS
dc.subjectPAYMENTS
dc.subjectWEALTH
dc.subjectINDEPENDENCE
dc.subjectCONFLICT
dc.subjectINTERNATIONAL BANK
dc.subjectEMPIRICAL LITERATURE
dc.subjectTRENDS
dc.subjectREBELS
dc.subjectCOUNTERPARTS
dc.subjectDEVELOPMENT
dc.subjectEMPIRICAL ANALYSIS
dc.subjectSMALL BUSINESS
dc.subjectECONOMIC PERSPECTIVES
dc.subjectPOSITIVE IMPACT
dc.subjectDEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS
dc.subjectMONEY
dc.subjectWEAPONS
dc.subjectEX-REBEL
dc.subjectDATA QUALITY
dc.subjectTOTAL CONSUMPTION
dc.subjectECONOMETRICS
dc.subjectEXTERNALITIES
dc.subjectFUTURE CONSUMPTION
dc.subjectVIOLENCE
dc.subjectCRITERIA
dc.subjectWORLD DEVELOPMENT
dc.subjectCONSUMPTION EXPENDITURE
dc.subjectPRODUCT
dc.subjectPOLITICAL LIBERALIZATION
dc.subjectECONOMIC CONSTRAINTS
dc.subjectEX-COMBATANTS
dc.subjectUTILITY
dc.subjectHOUSEHOLD WEALTH
dc.subjectGRANTS
dc.subjectECONOMIC RESEARCH
dc.subjectEX-REBELS
dc.subjectINCOME DATA
dc.subjectARMAMENT
dc.subjectGRANT
dc.subjectCONSUMPTION
dc.subjectGENERAL EQUILIBRIUM
dc.subjectBERTRAND COMPETITION
dc.subjectELECTIONS
dc.subjectGOOD
dc.subjectEX- COMBATANTS
dc.subjectECONOMIC OUTCOMES
dc.subjectECONOMETRIC ANALYSIS
dc.subjectFOUNDATIONS
dc.subjectPOLICE
dc.subjectFUTURE
dc.subjectVALUE
dc.subjectREBEL
dc.subjectPATERNALISM
dc.subjectCREDIT
dc.subjectDEMAND
dc.subjectECONOMIC REINTEGRATION
dc.subjectCONSUMPTION GOODS
dc.subjectCONSUMPTION MEASURE
dc.subjectEX-COMBATANT
dc.subjectLEVELS OF CONSUMPTION
dc.subjectPRODUCTIVE ASSETS
dc.subjectDEMOBILIZATION
dc.subjectAGRICULTURE
dc.subjectECONOMY
dc.subjectDEMOGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTICS
dc.subjectNATION
dc.subjectAGGREGATE CONSUMPTION
dc.subjectMEASUREMENT
dc.subjectHOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS
dc.subjectASSETS
dc.subjectBENCHMARK
dc.subjectECONOMIC THEORY
dc.subjectECONOMIC SITUATION
dc.subjectECONOMICS
dc.subjectREGRESSION ANALYSIS
dc.subjectCONSTANT PRICES
dc.subjectECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
dc.subjectDATA SET
dc.subjectGDP
dc.subjectGOODS
dc.subjectTHEORY
dc.subjectECONOMIES OF SCALE
dc.subjectWAR
dc.subjectHOUSEHOLDS
dc.subjectPOSITIVE EXTERNALITIES
dc.subjectAVERAGE ANNUAL
dc.subjectDISARMAMENT
dc.subjectEMPIRICAL EVIDENCE
dc.subjectPRIVATE CONSUMPTION
dc.subjectUNIVERSITY
dc.subjectDEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS
dc.subjectFINANCIAL SUPPORT
dc.subjectSOCIAL REINTEGRATION
dc.subjectHOUSEHOLD EXPENDITURES
dc.subjectPOLICY RESEARCH
dc.subjectHOUSEHOLD WELFARE
dc.subjectCIVIL WAR
dc.subjectAGREEMENT
dc.subjectLEVEL OF CONSUMPTION
dc.subjectRECONCILIATION
dc.subjectCONSUMPTION LEVELS
dc.subjectOUTCOMES
dc.subjectPUBLIC GOOD
dc.subjectPEACE
dc.subjectPRICES
dc.subjectRECONSTRUCTION
dc.subjectECONOMIES
dc.subjectDEVELOPMENT POLICY
dc.titleWho Benefited from Burundi's Demobilization Program?
dc.typeWorking Paper
dc.typeDocument de travail
dc.typeDocumento de trabajo

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