Publication

This working paper addresses the lack of information sources on displacement and child recruitment in war. According to the author, obtaining numbers of refugees is difficult enough, much less describing the levels of security affecting displaced populations and the characteristics of camp organization. However, the author argues that the absence of a data-set on child soldiers and displacement should not hinder policy efforts to stem recruitment. The paper concludes that with the constraint of limited resources, donors and aid agencies can concentrate their initial efforts on improving security for the most at-risk displaced children.