This article appears in the following Refugee Survey Quarterly issue: Displacement, Peace Processes and Post-Conflict Peacebuildiing [View the issue table of contents]
PeaceBuilding and Displacement in Northern Uganda: A Cross-sectional Study of Intentions to Move and Attitudes towards Former Combatants
* Patrick Vinck is the Director of the Initiative for Vulnerable Populations at the University of California, Berkeley's Human Rights Center and Adjunct Associate Professor at the Payson Center for International Development, Tulane University. Phuong Pham is Director of Research and Visiting Associate Professor at University of California, Berkeley's Human Rights Center and International and Area Studies and Adjunct Associate Professor at the Payson Center for International Development, Tulane University.
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Using data from a cross-sectional survey of internally displaced populations in northern Uganda, this article analyses individual-level determinants of attitudes toward peacebuilding processes, including returning home and the reintegration of former combatants. We find that perceptions of social services and livelihood opportunities at the current place of living and at return or resettlement sites influence individuals’ decisions to move as do attitudes toward former combatants. Furthermore, we show that internally displaced persons are a specific group with needs and attitudes that differ from those of others. Such empirical information must be taken into account for the successful development and implementation of peace and reconstruction programmes.