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Reintegration – 1997

“By 1997, the project cycle (and funding) of all of these initiatives had come to an end, the subsidies for ex-soldiers had run out, and the implementing agents were conducting their final impact assessments. These found unanimously that former combatants had been fully reintegrated into society, citing as evidence perceptions on the part of both demobilized soldiers. It was reported that the surveys of demobilized soldiers indicated that 85—90% of them felt that they were fully reintegrated into society.¹

1. Chris Alden, “Making Old Soldiers Fade Away,” 345.