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Veterans : Pensions and Other Compensation in Post-Conflict Countries

dc.contributor.author World Bank
dc.date.accessioned 2012-08-13T14:32:48Z
dc.date.available 2012-08-13T14:32:48Z
dc.date.issued 2005-01
dc.description.abstract The question of how best to compensate veterans in the aftermath of war is one that is relevant to many developing countries. Civil wars and independence struggles often affect the poorest regions of the world, and leave an enormous financial burden, including benefits to former fighters and their survivors. The most recent examples are Afghanistan and Iraq. One of the many challenges post-conflict countries face is how to reduce the size of armies once the fighting stops, and how to assist former fighters or veterans, in a sustainable manner once they are no longer part of the army. Fiscal, social, or political pressures may all play a role in this process, including in peace-time. This note attempts to provide the reader with an overview of the different dimensions of veterans policy development, with particular reference to countries emerging from protracted conflict. Special attention is given to the common problems of definition, inclusion, financial sustainability and implementation, as well as the linkages between disarmament, demobilization and reintegration (DDR) and veterans policy. en
dc.identifier http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2005/01/6266776/veterans-pensions-other-compensation-post-conflict-countries
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/10986/11243
dc.language English
dc.publisher Washington, DC
dc.relation.ispartofseries World Bank Pension Reform Primer Series
dc.rights CC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holder World Bank
dc.rights.uri http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/
dc.subject ARMED FORCES
dc.subject ARMIES
dc.subject ARMS
dc.subject ARMY
dc.subject CENTRAL AMERICA
dc.subject CIVIL WARS
dc.subject COMPENSATION
dc.subject CONFLICT
dc.subject CONFLICT RESOLUTION
dc.subject CORRUPTION
dc.subject DECREE
dc.subject DEFENCE
dc.subject DEFENSE
dc.subject DEMOBILIZATION
dc.subject DISABILITY
dc.subject DISARMAMENT
dc.subject EXECUTION
dc.subject EXPENDITURE
dc.subject FAMILIES
dc.subject FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE
dc.subject FINANCIAL BENEFITS
dc.subject FINANCIAL SUSTAINABILITY
dc.subject FISCAL
dc.subject GOVERNMENT REVENUE
dc.subject GOVERNMENT'S BUDGET
dc.subject HUMAN DEVELOPMENT NETWORK
dc.subject INSTITUTIONAL STRUCTURE
dc.subject INSURANCE
dc.subject INTERNATIONAL ASSISTANCE
dc.subject INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY
dc.subject LABOR MARKET
dc.subject LAWS
dc.subject LEGAL REGULATIONS
dc.subject LEGISLATION
dc.subject LEGITIMACY
dc.subject LIBERATION
dc.subject MILITARY PERSONNEL
dc.subject MILITARY SERVICE
dc.subject MILITARY TRAINING
dc.subject MILITIAS
dc.subject MINISTRY OF FINANCE
dc.subject MODALITIES
dc.subject MULTILATERAL AGENCIES
dc.subject NATIONAL DEFENSE
dc.subject NATIONAL LEVEL
dc.subject PEACE
dc.subject PEACE ACCORDS
dc.subject PEACE AGREEMENTS
dc.subject PENSIONS
dc.subject POLICE
dc.subject POLITICAL INSTABILITY
dc.subject POLITICAL INSTITUTIONS
dc.subject PROPAGANDA
dc.subject PUBLIC FINANCES
dc.subject REPRESENTATIVES
dc.subject SOCIAL PROTECTION
dc.subject SOCIAL SECURITY
dc.subject SOCIAL SECURITY SYSTEM
dc.subject SOLDIERS
dc.subject SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA
dc.subject TRANSPARENCY
dc.subject VETERANS
dc.subject VIOLENCE
dc.subject WAR
dc.subject WAR CASUALTIES
dc.title Veterans : Pensions and Other Compensation in Post-Conflict Countries en
dspace.entity.type Publication
okr.crosscuttingsolutionarea Gender
okr.crosscuttingsolutionarea Fragility, Conflict, and Violence
okr.doctype Publications & Research :: Brief
okr.doctype Publications & Research
okr.docurl http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2005/01/6266776/veterans-pensions-other-compensation-post-conflict-countries
okr.globalpractice Governance
okr.identifier.externaldocumentum 000012009_20050902110941
okr.identifier.internaldocumentum 6266776
okr.identifier.report 33391
okr.language.supported en
okr.pdfurl http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/WDSContentServer/WDSP/IB/2005/09/02/000012009_20050902110941/Rendered/PDF/333910rev0PRPNoteVeterans.pdf en
okr.topic Conflict and Development :: Post Conflict Reconstruction
okr.topic Gender :: Gender and Law
okr.topic Peace and Peacekeeping
okr.topic Conflict and Development :: International Affairs
okr.topic Governance :: National Governance
okr.unit Social Protection Team (HDNSP)
okr.volume 1 of 1
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