In Burundi the Programme national de démobilization, réinsertion et réintégration (PNDDR) ran from 2004 to 2008, financed by the World Bank and the MDRP. The program achieved about half of its objectives, demobilizing 23,000 combatants, releasing over 3,200 children from armed groups, and supporting the reintegration of 22,000 ex-combatants.

A follow-up DDR operation financed by a World Bank (IDA) grant of $10 million was approved in June 2009, with co-financing from other donors in the form of a multi-donor trust fund of $10 million.

The TDRP provides technical assistance to the DDR activities in Burundi.

The Burundi Peace Process:
From Civil War to Conditional Peace
Published by ISS - June 2010

Reintegrating ex-rebels into civilian life
Study by Columbia and New York universities
Ju ly 2010

In 2007, during the implementation of a World Bank-financed DDR program in Burundi, a survey team exploited inconsistent timing in the provision of benefits to ex-combatants to measure impacts of those benefits and found notable positive economic impacts, but no impact on ex-combatants’ attitudes toward the state. The authors caution against prevailing assumptions that improving ex-combatants economic wellbeing will improve their disposition towards the state and society.
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