Aceh Reintegration and Livelihood Survey (ARLS) was funded by the World Bank and designed by a team of researchers from Columbia, Harvard and Stanford Universities. The survey was implemented in Aceh by the research firm A.C. Nielsen from July - September 2008.
The far-reaching goal of this research was to assess prospects for peace and reintegration among both civilian and former-combatant populations in Aceh. The immediate goals of the ARLS were twofold. One was to collect individual-level data for an impact evaluation of the World Bank’s BRA-KDP project, a post-conflict community-drive development program. The second was to collect livelihood and reintegration data on a representative sample of ex-combatants, and a control group of civilian males. Surveys were conducted in a representative sample of 754 villages throughout Aceh. In sampled villages, four over-lapping questionnaires were implemented. 1,075 former combatants, 756 village heads, and 3,046 civilians were interviewed.