Cuadernos de economía

The signing of the Peace Accords between the Colombian government and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) in 2016 led to the demobili-zation of the oldest insurgency in the Western Hemisphere. After five decades of conflict and multiple negotiation attempts, the FARC laid down their weapons and became a political party. This milestone has opened many questions for the social sciences about the legacies of the conflict as well as the challenges and opportunities the country faces for consolidating long-Iasting peace. A central research agenda revolves around the legacies of war in territories pre-viously occupied by guerrilla or paramilitary groups. How does living under the presence of these organizations affect individual s, families and cornrnunities? How do specific conflict dynamics=-such as specific forms of violence, rebel and paramilitary governance, and recruitment-affect the social, economic and politicallife of individuals and communities in the aftermath of war? Finding answers to these questions is essential not only for understanding how the armed conflict