Peace Dividends in a Former FARC Stronghold?

The research examines perceptions of the 2016 Colombian peace accord in Mesetas, a former FARC stronghold. Findings indicate that residents are generally satisfied with the overall peace process and support core provisions such as land reform and coca reform, though they are less supportive of integrating FARC members into the political system. While residents perceive implementation progress as being further along than in Tumaco, they report significant dissatisfaction with the quality of public services, particularly healthcare, which the authors suggest is a missed opportunity for the government to strengthen support for the agreement.

• Residents of Mesetas generally express satisfaction with the overall peace process, with a majority reporting they are either somewhat or very satisfied. There is a slight gender disparity, as men tend to support the process more than women.
• There is considerable support for most core provisions of the peace accord, including land reform, coca reform (such as crop substitution), and the reconstruction of the rural road network. However, the provision to integrate FARC members into the political system lacks comparable levels of support.
• While residents of Mesetas do not rate any single implementation item as being 'somewhat on track,' they perceive progress to be higher than respondents in Tumaco. Specifically, they view disarmament, demobilization, and the political integration of the FARC as being just below 'somewhat on track.'
• Public services are a major point of concern in Mesetas. While school quality is viewed as neither very bad nor very good (with a slight decline over the last year), health services are viewed extremely critically, with respondents reporting a low overall assessment and a sharp decline over the past year.
• Regarding security, most Mesetas residents feel neither secure nor insecure in their neighborhoods, though they report slight overall improvements in security conditions over the last year.

APA

Dahl, M., Nygård, H. M., Weintraub, M., & Binningsbø, H. M. (2018). Peace Dividends in a Former FARC Stronghold? Peace Research Institute Oslo. https://cdn.cloud.prio.org/files/d230b8d0-5502-4722-8d0f-311db40e07c6/Binningsbo et al - Attitudes Towards the Implementation of the Colombian Peace Agreement in Mesetas PRIO Paper 2018.pdf?inline=true

Chicago

Dahl, Marianne, Håvard Mokleiv Nygård, Michael Weintraub, and Helga Malmin Binningsbø. Peace Dividends in a Former FARC Stronghold? Peace Research Institute Oslo, 2018. https://cdn.cloud.prio.org/files/d230b8d0-5502-4722-8d0f-311db40e07c6/Binningsbo et al - Attitudes Towards the Implementation of the Colombian Peace Agreement in Mesetas PRIO Paper 2018.pdf?inline=true.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{dahl2018peace, author = {Dahl, Marianne and Nygård, Håvard Mokleiv and Weintraub, Michael and Binningsbø, Helga Malmin}, title = {{Peace Dividends in a Former FARC Stronghold?}}, institution = {Peace Research Institute Oslo}, year = {2018}, url = {https://cdn.cloud.prio.org/files/d230b8d0-5502-4722-8d0f-311db40e07c6/Binningsbo et al - Attitudes Towards the Implementation of the Colombian Peace Agreement in Mesetas PRIO Paper 2018.pdf?inline=true}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }