By Richard Hill, Gwendolyn Taylor, Jonathan Temin. United States Institute of Peace, 2008.
The authors discuss the findings of a study on how ex-combatants perceive the effectiveness of the DDRR program and their willingness to re-engage in combat. The report discourages an over-emphasis on tallying of participants in the program as the key indicator of success. Rather greater focus should be placed on the rate ex-combatants are accepted back into the community and the opportunities that exist for them after training, since this is cited as a major cause of their likely return to combat. The authors conclude by emphasizing job creation rather than skills training, tolerance training as part of conflict-resolution efforts, and a further look of why women are more likely to return to combat.
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