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In 2009, hostilities were brought to an end in Burundi when the FNL rebel group laid down weapons. In exchange for … peace, ex-rebels benefited from a disarmament, demobilization and reintegration (DDR) program to finance their return to … in order to predict the impact of demobilization cash transfers on beneficiary and non-beneficiary households. Then, we …
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Burundi we compare their food intake and their level of expenses with that of their non-displaced neighbours. We test whether …
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Burundi, we estimate the relationship between household savings (livestock) and choices of incomegenerating activities (risky … vs. less-risky activities). We exploit the fact that surveyed households in certain regions in Burundi were exposed to a …
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This article examines the impact of war-induced ill early childhood health on educational attainment in early adolescence. Using data on a small panel of children we find that children who were malnourished at baseline had on average attained fewer grades than children of the same year of birth...
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Burundi (1999-2007) in which we reinterviewed original as well as newly formed households (split-offs). We use several …
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war in Burundi. We use historical data on violent attacks in 1972 and 1988 as a proxy for grievance. The cross …
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Recent research on violence against civilians during wars has emphasized war-related factors over political ones. For example, factors such as control of territory or characteristics of the armed groups have been prioritized at the expense of factors such as ideological alignments or local...
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Since World War II there have been about fifty episodes of large-scale mass killings of civilians and massive forced displacements. They were usually meticulously planned and independent of military goals. We provide a model where conflict onset, conflict intensity and the decision to commit...
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We use experimental data from 35 randomly selected communities in Burundi to examine the impact of exposure to conflict …
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microeconomic evidence. Using several rounds of (panel) data at the farm and community level, we find that farmers in Burundi who …
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