Ex-combatants in Burundi: Why they joined, why they left, how they fared

Drawing on interviews with 63 ex-combatants (rural and urban) this report explores the reasons that respondents joined armed groups and also what drove them to join the DDR programme before going on to examine how successfully they appear to have been reintegrated. The findings note the apparent importance of family support in reintegration and also questions the relative utility/cost effectiveness of commodity provision as opposed to cash support in most cases.