Promoting Africa’s growth and economic development by championing citizen inclusion and increased cooperation and integration of African states.
Promoting Africa’s growth and economic development by championing citizen inclusion and increased cooperation and integration of African states.
Agenda 2063 is the blueprint and master plan for transforming Africa into the global powerhouse of the future. It is the strategic framework for delivering on Africa’s goal for inclusive and sustainable development and is a concrete manifestation of the pan-African drive for unity, self-determination, freedom, progress and collective prosperity pursued under Pan-Africanism and African Renaissance.
H.E. Mr. Paul Kagame, President of the Republic of Rwanda, was appointed to lead the AU institutional reforms process. He appointed a pan-African committee of experts to review and submit proposals for a system of governance for the AU that would ensure the organisation was better placed to address the challenges facing the continent with the aim of implementing programmes that have the highest impact on Africa’s growth and development so as to deliver on the vision of Agenda 2063.
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Presents findings of a tracer study conducted amongst 2000 Rwandan XC. Contains statistically significant data on social and economic reintegration and trends and explores lessons learned.
Annual report for the Rwanda Demobilisation and Reintegration Project. Contains in depth description and analysis of progress on all programme elements - including discussion on practical challenges related to the provision of reintegration support.
Project Implementation Manual for the Second Emergency Demobilisation and Reintegration Programme in Rwanda. Contains particularly useful information on approaches to targeting and mechanisms for the provision of support to disabled ex-combatants and others with Special Needs using Vulnerability Support Window as a delivery model
Identifies and explores issues related to DDR in a number of political and security contexts. Specifically explores issues related to disarmament and use of weapons buy back programmes, approaches to cantonment and their impact, and approaches to the provision of Financial Reinsertion Assistance. Country examples provided from a number of locations.
PowerPoint Presentation presenting issues related to methodological approach and key findings related to social and economic reintegration of ex-combatants in Burundi - useful examples of definitional challenges and methods for assessing livelihoods and political reintegration.
Based on a sample of over 1000 ex-combatants in Sierra Leone this study sought to explore individual, group and community level determinants of reintegration success defined as whether ex-combatants have been accepted by their families, found employment, rejected their faction as a political actor and accepted the democratic process.
This study carried out amongst LRA ex-combatants analyzes the drivers of reintegration of XCs in Northern Uganda - including those directly and indirectly linked to the DDR process. It highlights the importance of kinship networks as one of the main drivers of reintegration and challenges faced by female ex-combatants
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.
Assessment of the reintegration of XCs into civilian life in North Kivu, South Kivu and Ituri DRC. Includes a fairly detailed overview of the context in which DDR was attempted. Interesting commentary and recommendations on issues related to the absorption of some ex-combatants into new military structures (and why it may have failed) and the use/utility of reinsertion kits provided to ex-combatants.
Historical review and analysis of the long-term impact of DDR in several Southern African countries - draws a useful distinction between DDR associated with end of armed conflict and military downsizing as part of broader PFM /SSR processes. Key findings and lessons learned usefully summarised at end of the document (page 31-33). Report suggests that a key lesson for current and future DDR programmes that devising appropriate and sustainable reintegration processes at the onset is essential
otherwise future interventions (possibly at a higher cost) may have to be pursued
Draws on research on Reintegration of ex-refugees and ex-fighters in post conflict Eritrea.
Focuses on the political Economy of Eritrea in the no war-no peace stalemate that prevailed since 1998-2000 conflict with Ethiopia - spec
Brief guide on DDR for Bank staff
This useful paper explores in detrail issues related to the impact of dconflict on youth and, conversely, their impact on conflict dynami
