Description
The international community has invested heavily in disarmament, demobilization, and reintegration (DDR) programs since the end of the Cold War. At present, many academics and policymakers consider DDR provisions a fundamental aspect of Peace Agreements (PAs). Despite DDR programs importance in war to peace transitions, there is currently no global and disaggregated dataset on DDR programs. This hinders our ability to identify trends and variation in DDR provisions and assess their impact on various outcomes related to peace. This article introduces the DDR dataset, which provides global and disaggregated data on disarmament, demobilization, and reintegration provisions in 288 PAs over the period 1975-2021. We code several unique features of DDR provisions, such as the involvement of third-party actors in DDR provisions and the actors considered in these provisions, i.e., women and children ex-combatants. The DDR dataset has a potential to substantially improve of our understanding of the causes, processes, and consequences of DDR provisions in PAs.
