Greater Great Lakes Regional Strategy for Demobilization and Reintegration
This document first outlines a comprehensive strategy for disarmament, demobilization and reintegration (DDR) activities in the greater Great Lakes region of central Africa. The purpose of this strategy is to enhance the prospects for stabilization...
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| Language: | English en_US |
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Washington, DC
2013
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2002/03/1751105/greater-great-lakes-regional-strategy-demobilization-reintegration http://hdl.handle.net/10986/15428 |
| Summary: | This document first outlines a
comprehensive strategy for disarmament, demobilization and
reintegration (DDR) activities in the greater Great Lakes
region of central Africa. The purpose of this strategy is to
enhance the prospects for stabilization and recovery in the
region. The DDR of the ex-combatants is necessary to
establishing peace and restoring security, which are in turn
pre-conditions for sustainable growth and poverty reduction.
A multi-country approach will enhance effectiveness of the
international response, provide greater coherence among DDR
activities, facilitate positive feedback relationships among
DDR activities in the region, provide similar incentives for
all parties to the conflict to pursue peaceful strategies,
address the regional externalities associated with some
individual programs, enhance transparency of closely related
DDR activities, and facilitate knowledge-sharing and
training across DDR implementers. A regional strategy also
serves as a confidence-building measure. The strategy, if
successfully implemented, will have a significant impact on
reducing poverty by helping to consolidate peace, building
confidence among governments in the region, helping to free
up national resources for investment, attracting foreign
capital, investing in the human capital of ex-combatants,
and enhancing capacities for development at the community level. |
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