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Vocational Training for Demobilized Ex-combatants with Disabilities in Rwanda

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  • Kengo Igei

    (Faculty of Economics, The University of Tokyo)

  • Kana Takio

    (Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health)

  • Keitaro Aoyagi

    (Metrics Work Consultants Inc.)

  • Yoshito Takasaki

    (Faculty of Economics, The University of Tokyo)

Abstract

Disability-inclusive development is receiving growing attention as a pressing international development issue. Disability-inclusive development is especially urgent and complicated in post-conflict countries. This paper examines the impacts of vocational training on economic empowerment and social reintegration among demobilized ex-combatants with disabilities in Rwanda. This is the first quasi-experimental study on vocational training for disabled ex-combatants. Exploiting the variation in the timing of training uptake within the same training course, we employ a pipeline approach in the following three steps: (1) trimming to guarantee common support within courses, (2) exact matching on key covariates within courses, and (3) regression controlling for covariates within courses based on the matched sample. The results show that the training greatly increased not only employment and income, but also trainees' reintegration into the family and community. The results are robust to potential omitted variable bias and attrition bias according to a coefficient stability test and bound analysis, respectively. Our findings suggest a significant potential of vocational training for disabled ex-combatants in disarmament, demobilization, and reintegration programs. Our study exemplifies the utility of a credibly designed pipeline approach, which can be applied in a wide range of development projects in practice.

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  • Kengo Igei & Kana Takio & Keitaro Aoyagi & Yoshito Takasaki, 2020. "Vocational Training for Demobilized Ex-combatants with Disabilities in Rwanda," CIRJE F-Series CIRJE-F-1155, CIRJE, Faculty of Economics, University of Tokyo.
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