Items related to "Human Security Gateway: Data Source". Fri, 16 May 2008 0:30:16 +0000 Fri, 16 May 2008 0:30:16 +0000 robert_hartfiel@sfu.ca (Robert Hartfiel) Mon, 21 Apr 2008 14:33:35 -0700 http://www.humansecuritygateway.com/showRecord.php?RecordId=23781 http://www.humansecuritygateway.com/showRecord.php?RecordId=23781 Designed and engineered by World-Check in collaboration with some of the UK’s most acclaimed statisticians and computer scientists, the Country-Check Master Index ranks 243 countries and territories according to their relative levels of “overall” risk. The system’s country ranking methodology is based on an extensive statistical network model that enables the aggregation of more than 80 credible data sources, categorised into three risk factors: Political, Economic and Criminal. This broad range of risk factors results in a holistic view of each country’s risk landscape. SOURCE: World Check World Check Fri, 18 Apr 2008 14:49:13 -0700 http://www.humansecuritygateway.com/showRecord.php?RecordId=23733 http://www.humansecuritygateway.com/showRecord.php?RecordId=23733 Monthly Military and Civilian Police Contributions to United Nations Peace Keeping Operations: 1995 - 2008 SOURCE: Global Policy Forum Global Policy Forum Fri, 18 Apr 2008 14:47:18 -0700 http://www.humansecuritygateway.com/showRecord.php?RecordId=23732 http://www.humansecuritygateway.com/showRecord.php?RecordId=23732 Data as of Last Day of Month. Figures Include Troops, Military Observers and Police. SOURCE: Global Policy Forum Global Policy Forum Fri, 18 Apr 2008 14:46:35 -0700 http://www.humansecuritygateway.com/showRecord.php?RecordId=23731 http://www.humansecuritygateway.com/showRecord.php?RecordId=23731 Based on Monthly Averages Over a Three Year Period 2005 - 2007 SOURCE: Global Policy Forum Global Policy Forum Fri, 18 Apr 2008 14:45:29 -0700 http://www.humansecuritygateway.com/showRecord.php?RecordId=23730 http://www.humansecuritygateway.com/showRecord.php?RecordId=23730 States Listed Alphabetically SOURCE: Global Policy Forum Global Policy Forum Fri, 18 Apr 2008 14:43:48 -0700 http://www.humansecuritygateway.com/showRecord.php?RecordId=23729 http://www.humansecuritygateway.com/showRecord.php?RecordId=23729 States Listed According to Latest Monthly Size of Troop Contributions, Largest to Smallest SOURCE: Global Policy Forum Global Policy Forum Tue, 08 Apr 2008 14:49:28 -0700 http://www.humansecuritygateway.com/showRecord.php?RecordId=23494 http://www.humansecuritygateway.com/showRecord.php?RecordId=23494 Multi-National Force-Iraq: Charts to accompany the testimony of General David H. Petraeus 8-9 April 2008 [For testimony of General David H Petraeus, please click http://www.humansecuritygateway.info/showRecord.php?RecordId=23493] SOURCE: United States House of Representatives United States House of Representatives Fri, 04 Apr 2008 09:20:43 -0700 http://www.humansecuritygateway.com/showRecord.php?RecordId=23406 http://www.humansecuritygateway.com/showRecord.php?RecordId=23406 This article examines more carefully the oft-made hypotheses that (1) "technocrats" or politicians with an economics background are increasingly common and (2) that this "improvement" in qualifications will lead to improvements in economic policy. The article presents a database on the qualifications of leaders of the world's major countries over the past four decades. The article finds that while there is evidence for increasing "technification," there are also distinct and persistent historical patterns among Asian, African, Middle Eastern, and Latin American leaders. Using statistical analysis, the article finds that we cannot conclude that leadership training in economics leads to better economic outcomes. SOURCE: Hira, Andy Hira, Andy Mon, 31 Mar 2008 14:40:30 -0700 http://www.humansecuritygateway.com/showRecord.php?RecordId=23250 http://www.humansecuritygateway.com/showRecord.php?RecordId=23250 The bibliography contains over 2,000 entries of scholarly work related to the subject of transitional justice. SOURCE: University of Wisconsin University of Wisconsin Wed, 26 Mar 2008 15:36:04 -0700 http://www.humansecuritygateway.com/showRecord.php?RecordId=23184 http://www.humansecuritygateway.com/showRecord.php?RecordId=23184 While some believe (like Aristotle) that people fight against economic injustice, others suggest that the collective action problems overwhelm such ‗motives‘ for rebellion. Indeed, the empirical evidence for income inequality as a determinant of civil war is quite weak, but there is preliminary evidence to suggest that it is horizontal (inequality between ethnic and regional groups), not vertical inequality (inequality between individuals) that matters. This debate has been unfortunately mute among those who study the determinants of repression (one-sided violence). This paper examines the inequality-repression nexus, analyzing the best GINI data currently available. We also test the possibility that inequalities that coincide with ethnic cleavages may enhance both grievances and group cohesion. If ethnic groups are relatively disadvantaged, they may not have the resources to fight injustice simply because they are too weak (no civil war in Mauritania or Tibet), but there may still be large grievances due to horizontal inequalities that are actively and passively resisted (lots of repression in Mauritania and Tibet). We test the validity of this assertion by analyzing new cross-national measures of horizontal inequalities based on two different sources: aggregate data on group differentials from the Minorities at Risk (MAR) project as well as household survey data on ethnicity and socioeconomic welfare from the Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS). Our analyses indicate that both vertical and horizontal inequalities seem to have a positive impact on state repression. Contrary to arguments based on grievance, however, it seems that the opportunity for mobilization under conditions of democracy increases the chance of repression. Policymakers interested in promoting human rights should focus efforts on correcting inequalities, especially when they overlap with ethnic cleavages in society. SOURCE: Annual Convention of the International Studies Association // University of Oslo // International Peace Research Institute Annual Convention of the International Studies Association // University of Oslo // International Peace Research Institute Wed, 26 Mar 2008 15:27:57 -0700 http://www.humansecuritygateway.com/showRecord.php?RecordId=23181 http://www.humansecuritygateway.com/showRecord.php?RecordId=23181 The study of security privatization is highly dominated by questions of regulation and the overall implications for the monopoly of violence of states. However, a quantifiable picture to what extent private security services are used in the fields of fighting, logistics and training has not yet been properly addressed. Furthermore, systematic data collection on the use of private security services is a challenging task. This paper deals with both these challenges: It presents a new database - the Private Security Database (PSD) - and discusses its conceptual evolution and its applicability for some of the main issues in Political Science. By asking how and to what degree private security is consumed in Areas of Limited Statehood, this paper presents an approach on how to measure the delegation of security functions from the public to the private sector. SOURCE: Annual Convention of the International Studies Association // Free University Berlin Annual Convention of the International Studies Association // Free University Berlin Tue, 25 Mar 2008 12:26:54 -0700 http://www.humansecuritygateway.com/showRecord.php?RecordId=23097 http://www.humansecuritygateway.com/showRecord.php?RecordId=23097 IPI (formerly International Peace Academy) has been working with governments, international organizations and civil society to improve regulation of the international private military and security industry for over two years. Following more than 6 months of consultations, IPI has produced a database of more than 150 researchers working in this field. It contains details of researchers from around the world writing in many languages, their prior publications, areas of research focus, current work, and contact details. The database will facilitate the effective regulation of international private security by improving coordination of research, commentary and civil society input into existing and new regulatory processes. Listing in the database is open to all independent researchers from academia and civil society organizations, anywhere in the world, writing in any language. SOURCE: International Peace Institute International Peace Institute Mon, 17 Mar 2008 11:38:11 -0700 http://www.humansecuritygateway.com/showRecord.php?RecordId=22956 http://www.humansecuritygateway.com/showRecord.php?RecordId=22956 As part of its mission, the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) collects various statistics needed to create reports for both its member nations and the general public. This site provides access to that set of materials, and visitors can select data sets by topic or just look over their latest press releases. The topical sections offered here include development, energy, finance, health and twenty others. Visitors can also use the "Resources" section on the left-hand side of the page to locate specific resources designed for journalists, government officials, and members of civil society. Additionally, visitors can also sign up for RSS feeds and elect to receive email alerts. SOURCE: Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development Mon, 17 Mar 2008 11:30:44 -0700 http://www.humansecuritygateway.com/showRecord.php?RecordId=22954 http://www.humansecuritygateway.com/showRecord.php?RecordId=22954 Is Iraq better off? Five years on, key indicators paint a picture of a country trying to rise from the rubble. SOURCE: Foreign Policy Foreign Policy Fri, 07 Mar 2008 13:04:49 -0800 http://www.humansecuritygateway.com/showRecord.php?RecordId=22837 http://www.humansecuritygateway.com/showRecord.php?RecordId=22837 The Global Database on the Guiding Principles provides instant access to official documents about the rights of the internally displaced and the application of the Guiding Principles on Internal Displacement. The database includes relevant: National laws and policies; Regional and international instruments; Observations and recommendations of UN treaty-monitoring bodies; Reports of UN charter bodies; Resolutions of the UN General Assembly; and Statements of national authorities. When available, documents are provided in English, French and Spanish. SOURCE: Guiding Principles on Internal Displacement // Brookings-Bern Project // Georgetown University // Institute for the Study of International Migration Guiding Principles on Internal Displacement // Brookings-Bern Project // Georgetown University // Institute for the Study of International Migration Wed, 27 Feb 2008 11:21:47 -0800 http://www.humansecuritygateway.com/showRecord.php?RecordId=22664 http://www.humansecuritygateway.com/showRecord.php?RecordId=22664 The Minority Rights Group has launched an online version of the World Directory of Minorities and Indigenous Peoples. The database provides access to profiles of some 700 minority and indigenous groups by region, country, or group. Entries for individual countries provide an overview of the environment, people, history, and governance of the country, as well as a summary of the current status and treatment of minority and indigenous groups with links to more detailed profiles of individual groups. Lists of relevant organizations and additional reading materials are also provided. The database's predecessor, the World Directory of Minorities, was formerly published in 1990 and 1997 as a print encyclopedia. SOURCE: Minority Rights Minority Rights Mon, 25 Feb 2008 11:13:46 -0800 http://www.humansecuritygateway.com/showRecord.php?RecordId=22600 http://www.humansecuritygateway.com/showRecord.php?RecordId=22600 A new statistical database, UN Data, has been made available by the Statistics Division of the Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA). The database provides a common search for many UN-system statistical databases, including, among others: Millennium Development Goals Indicators, FAO Agricultural Statistics, UNESCO Education Statistics, ILO Employment Statistics, UNFCCC Environment Statistics, and UNWTO Tourism Statistics. Over time, more databases will be added. There are various options to search and to download the data. SOURCE: United Nations United Nations Wed, 20 Feb 2008 15:55:55 -0800 http://www.humansecuritygateway.com/showRecord.php?RecordId=22534 http://www.humansecuritygateway.com/showRecord.php?RecordId=22534 A global commitment to eradicate poverty and promote sustained economic growth and sustainable development was forged in the United Nations conferences and summits of the 1990s, was advanced in 2000 with the adoption of the Millennium Declaration, and recently was reinforced by Heads of State and Government in the outcome document of the 2005 World Summit. In the years leading up to the global conferences held during the 1990s, there was growing recognition by scholars, policy makers and the general public that population trends are inextricably linked with the availability of resources, the state of the environment, and economic and social development. At the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED), held in Rio de Janeiro in 1992, the International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD), held in Cairo in 1994, and the series of conferences reviewing progress achieved since those meetings, a global agreement emerged on the need for a sustainable relationship between human numbers, resources and development. With a view to improving knowledge of relationships among aspects of population, resources, environment and development, the Department of Economic and Social Affairs' Population Division has produced the PRED database, drawing on a variety of national-level comparative data and documents. This publication provides a set of country profiles showing the current situation and recent trends in population, resources, environment and development indicators, based on PRED Bank database, version 4 (2005). SOURCE: United Nations // Department of Economic and Social Affairs // Population Division United Nations // Department of Economic and Social Affairs // Population Division Wed, 20 Feb 2008 15:52:35 -0800 http://www.humansecuritygateway.com/showRecord.php?RecordId=22533 http://www.humansecuritygateway.com/showRecord.php?RecordId=22533 Countries that share rivers have a higher risk of military disputes, even when controlling for a range of standard variables from studies of interstate conflict. A study incorporating the length of the land boundary showed that the shared river variable is not just a proxy for a higher degree of interaction opportunity. A weakness of earlier work is that the existing shared rivers data do not distinguish properly between dyads where the rivers run mainly across the boundary and dyads where the shared river runs along the boundary. Dyads with rivers running across the boundary would be expected to give rise to resource scarcity-related conflict, while in dyads where the river forms the boundary conflict may arise because river boundaries are fluid and fuzzy. Using a new dataset on shared water basins and two measures of water scarcity, we test for the relevance of these two scenarios. Shared basins do predict an increased propensity for conflict in a multivariate analysis. However, we find little support for the fuzzy boundary scenario. Support for a scarcity theory of water conflict is somewhat ambiguous. Neither the number of river crossings nor the share of the basin upstream are significant. Dry countries have more conflict, but less so when the basin is large. Drought has no influence. The size of the basin, however, is significantly associated with conflict. Modernization theory receives some support in that development interacted with basin size predicts less conflict, and we find some evidence here for an environmental Kuznets curve. The importance of basin size suggests a possible resource curse' effect for water resource SOURCE: Centre For The Study Of Civil War Centre For The Study Of Civil War Wed, 20 Feb 2008 15:45:50 -0800 http://www.humansecuritygateway.com/showRecord.php?RecordId=22532 http://www.humansecuritygateway.com/showRecord.php?RecordId=22532 Omid: a Memorial in Defense of Human Rights is an electronic database of human rights violations in Iran. The Memorial is dedicated to the victims of the Islamic Republic since it was established in 1979. Omid's ultimate goal however is to be an impartial historical record that includes victims of human rights violations since December 10, 1948.* Omid is solely concerned with the impartial protection of human rights. It includes the names of the individuals whose human rights were violated in the process leading to their death, regardless of their deeds. Omid neither supports nor opposes the political views of the victims whose stories it records. A project of the Abdorrahman Boroumand Foundation (ABF), this virtual memorial provides an individual file for every victim, which details the human rights violations in his or her particular case. Visitors to the website may search the list in English or Farsi by using several criteria: the victim's name, gender, nationality, or religion; the date, place, or mode of execution; or the charges made against the victim. SOURCE: Abdorrahman Bouroumand Foundation Abdorrahman Bouroumand Foundation Wed, 20 Feb 2008 15:29:42 -0800 http://www.humansecuritygateway.com/showRecord.php?RecordId=22531 http://www.humansecuritygateway.com/showRecord.php?RecordId=22531 The Economist Intelligence Unit, in conjunction with an international team of academics and peace experts, has compiled an innovative new Global Peace Index (GPI), which ranks 121 nations according to their relative peacefulness. The Global Peace Index is composed of 24 indicators, ranging from a nation's level of military expenditure to its relations with neighbouring countries and the level of respect for human rights. The index has been tested against a range of potential "drivers" or determinants of peacexe2x80x94including levels of democracy and transparency, education and material wellbeing. The team has used the latest available figures (mainly 2004-06) from a wide range of respected sources, including the International Institute of Strategic Studies, The World Bank, various UN offices and Peace Institutes and the Economist Intelligence Unit. The Global Peace Index is intended to contribute significantly to the public debate on peace. SOURCE: The Economist Intelligence Unit The Economist Intelligence Unit Wed, 20 Feb 2008 15:24:59 -0800 http://www.humansecuritygateway.com/showRecord.php?RecordId=22530 http://www.humansecuritygateway.com/showRecord.php?RecordId=22530 This site provides regularly updated data on HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, malaria and other emerging health issues at the country and regional levels. GlobalHealthFacts.org also includes information the number of women living with HIV/AIDS and the number of midwives in a country. Data are available in charts, tables and maps and can be downloaded for analysis. The Web site also provides information on programs, funding levels and demographics and the economy. SOURCE: Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation Wed, 20 Feb 2008 15:06:35 -0800 http://www.humansecuritygateway.com/showRecord.php?RecordId=22528 http://www.humansecuritygateway.com/showRecord.php?RecordId=22528 PovcalNet is an interactive computational tool that allows you to replicate the calculations made by the World Bank's researchers in estimating the extent of absolute poverty in the world, including the $1 a day poverty measures, as published in the background papers by Chen and Ravallion and in the World Development Indicators (2007). PovcalNet also allows you to calculate the poverty measures under different assumptions and to assemble the estimates using alternative country groupings or for any set of individual countries of you're choosing. PovcalNet is self-contained; it has reliable built-in software that quickly does the relevant calculations for you from the built-in database. SOURCE: The World Bank Group The World Bank Group Wed, 20 Feb 2008 13:50:32 -0800 http://www.humansecuritygateway.com/showRecord.php?RecordId=22523 http://www.humansecuritygateway.com/showRecord.php?RecordId=22523 This study contains data on conflict behavior among a selected sample of 1,557 nation dyads in the years 1950, 1955, 1960, 1963, and 1965. Originally collected by the Dimensionality of Nations (DON) Project at the University of Hawaii, these data provide information on the behavioral dimensions of the interactions between the nations in the dyads. The dyads represent all of the paired relationships for 113 nations. The conflict variables are coded for actor and target, date of conflict, and frequencies of occurrence. The violent action variable is coded only for the presence or absence of violent conflicts. Conflictual interactions are described through variables such as warning or defensive acts, number of wars, negative behavior, severance or suspension of diplomatic relations, expulsion or recall of diplomats, boycott of another country or embargo on commerce with another country, aid to subversive or rebellious groups of another country, negative communication, accusations, protests, unofficial acts of violence, and attacks on embassy of one nation by the other. Included also is one record each year for all non-conflict dyads. The variables are arranged by year, within year by actor and within actor by target. SOURCE: Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research // Rummel, Rudolph J Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research // Rummel, Rudolph J Wed, 20 Feb 2008 13:46:57 -0800 http://www.humansecuritygateway.com/showRecord.php?RecordId=22522 http://www.humansecuritygateway.com/showRecord.php?RecordId=22522 The database contains up-to-date information from 72 key indicators in such areas as HIV/AIDS, treatment access, general health, mortality, education, the economy, population, fertility, and human development, for 195 countries and 10 regions. View all indicators for one country or region or generate customized tables, sorted by selected countries/regions or indicators, by using the search options below. SOURCE: Center for HIV Information // University of California San Francisco Center for HIV Information // University of California San Francisco Wed, 20 Feb 2008 13:41:11 -0800 http://www.humansecuritygateway.com/showRecord.php?RecordId=22521 http://www.humansecuritygateway.com/showRecord.php?RecordId=22521 The goal of this project is to improve evidence based policy on conflict prevention and response by providing standardized and comprehensive data on the human impact of conflict. The project involves producing an online, publicly accessible database that is a compilation of quantitative and qualitative information from numerous credible sources. The CE-DAT project forms part the of the SMART initiative launched in June 2002 by a consortium of UN agencies, NGOs and Academic Institutions. A full description of SMART is available here. The implementation of this project is made possible thanks to funds from the United States Department of State, Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration. SOURCE: Center for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters Center for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters Wed, 20 Feb 2008 13:35:44 -0800 http://www.humansecuritygateway.com/showRecord.php?RecordId=22520 http://www.humansecuritygateway.com/showRecord.php?RecordId=22520 Information on the AIDS pandemic and on the HIV seroprevalence (infection) in population groups in developing countries is only available in widely scattered small-scale surveys. The HIV/AIDS Surveillance Data Base was developed and is maintained by the Health Studies Branch, International Programs Center (IPC), Population Division, U.S. Bureau of the Census, with funds from the U.S. Agency for International Development. It is a compilation of information from those studies appearing in the medical and scientific literature, presented at international conferences, and appearing in the press. The data base was developed on the microcomputer for portability and has a user-friendly interface. Available information for population groups in a selected country can be easily retrieved and displayed on the computer screen, printed in tabular format, or saved to an ASCII or Lotus file. The data base is updated twice a year. The International Programs Center welcomes comments and suggestions from users of the data base. IPC also welcomes copies of articles or references to information which may have been overlooked. SOURCE: United States Census Bureau United States Census Bureau Wed, 20 Feb 2008 13:29:36 -0800 http://www.humansecuritygateway.com/showRecord.php?RecordId=22519 http://www.humansecuritygateway.com/showRecord.php?RecordId=22519 The HIV/AIDS Survey Indicators Database provides an easily accessible comprehensive source of information on HIV/AIDS indicators derived from sample surveys. The database allows the user to produce tables for specific countries by select background characteristics, as well as country reports. The indicators included are primarily derived from the UNAIDS National AIDS Programmes: Guide to Monitoring and Evaluation. The guide provides standardized indicators for measuring the success of HIV/AIDS programs. Included are a number of indicators identified to monitor the goals set at the UN General Assembly Special Session on HIV/AIDS, the Millennium Development Goals, and strategic goals of the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief. Currently, the main sources of HIV/AIDS indicators in the database are the Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS), the Multiple Indicator Cluster Surveys (MICS), the Reproductive Health Surveys (RHS), the Sexual Behavior Surveys (SBS), and Behavioral Surveillance Surveys (BSS). The database is designed to be global in scope, eventually covering all countries for which indicators are available. SOURCE: Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS // United Nations Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS // United Nations Tue, 19 Feb 2008 15:48:13 -0800 http://www.humansecuritygateway.com/showRecord.php?RecordId=22502 http://www.humansecuritygateway.com/showRecord.php?RecordId=22502 The database presents the results of the nutrition and mortality surveys which were made available to NICS. SOURCE: United Nations // United Nations System // Standing Committee on Nutrition / Nutrition Information in Crisis Situations United Nations // United Nations System // Standing Committee on Nutrition / Nutrition Information in Crisis Situations Tue, 19 Feb 2008 15:34:20 -0800 http://www.humansecuritygateway.com/showRecord.php?RecordId=22501 http://www.humansecuritygateway.com/showRecord.php?RecordId=22501 In preparing the 2006 Revision of the official United Nations population estimates and projections, the Population Division considered the most recent demographic data available for each and every country or area of the world. Standard demographic techniques were used to estimate the population by age and sex for the base year (2005) as well as trends in total fertility, life expectancy at birth, infant mortality and international migration up to 2006. The resulting estimates provided the basis from which the population projections follow. SOURCE: United Nations // Department of Economic and Social Affairs // Population Division United Nations // Department of Economic and Social Affairs // Population Division Tue, 19 Feb 2008 15:23:10 -0800 http://www.humansecuritygateway.com/showRecord.php?RecordId=22499 http://www.humansecuritygateway.com/showRecord.php?RecordId=22499 Stockpiled antipersonnel landmines far outnumber those actually laid in the ground. In accordance with Article 4 of the anti-personnel mine-ban treaty, State Parties must destroy their stockpiled mines within four years after their accession to the convention. SOURCE: United Nations // Electronic Mine Information Network United Nations // Electronic Mine Information Network Tue, 19 Feb 2008 15:10:31 -0800 http://www.humansecuritygateway.com/showRecord.php?RecordId=22498 http://www.humansecuritygateway.com/showRecord.php?RecordId=22498 This is the world's only on-line global database of small arms transfers. It contains over 250 000 records detailing transfers between some 250 states and territories over the period 1962-2003. The database is available in two formats: Public - available to all users; Researcher's database - access via a password. The researcher's database contains more detailed information and may contain copyright protected data that can only be distributed to a limited set of scholarly users. If you wish to access the researcher's database please send a mail with your details to Kendra Dupuy, who is responsible for the NISAT database project. SOURCE: Norwegian Initiative on Small Arms Transfers Norwegian Initiative on Small Arms Transfers Tue, 29 Jan 2008 16:41:36 -0800 http://www.humansecuritygateway.com/showRecord.php?RecordId=22092 http://www.humansecuritygateway.com/showRecord.php?RecordId=22092 This web site offers access to the primary data collections from the ICB Project. The newest release of these data (version 5.0, February 2005) contains information on 440 international crises, 32 protracted conflicts, and 970 crisis actors from the end of World War I through 2002. Additionally, other data collections derived from the primary ICB data sets are also available at this archive. Finally, this site provides background information# about the project as well as an extensive sampling of recent research that has utilized the ICB data. SOURCE: Center for International Development and Conflict Management // University of Maryland Center for International Development and Conflict Management // University of Maryland Tue, 29 Jan 2008 16:31:15 -0800 http://www.humansecuritygateway.com/showRecord.php?RecordId=22091 http://www.humansecuritygateway.com/showRecord.php?RecordId=22091 SHERFACS as presented here combines textual case-specific conflict management coded histories with narrative summaries and source citations. SHERFACS culminates a long line of quantitative studies of international conflict management beginning with Ernst Haas' efforts to expand the study of conflict management and prevention to a larger set of management agents and issues. Following on the inspiration of Bloomfield and Leiss (and CASCON), Alker and Sherman in FACS, as well as Sherman in SHERFACS, modeled the escalation and de-escalation phase dynamics of internationally relevant disputes. These data sets specify actions taken by management agents, including their "referral" or agenda processes. SHERFACS goes much further than FACS in including conflicts that have been considered essentially of domestic origin, thus anticipating the changing interpretations given within the UN system to the meaning of "threats" to "international peace and security." The most significant effect of SHERFACS' doubling of FACS cases and HAAS' similar but slightly smaller universe of cases is the improved insight to be gained from a comprehensive set of conflict trajectories for discerning more precisely what is different about the disputes that do go further onto the agendas of the major collective security and conflict management organizations from those that do not. SOURCE: University of Southern California University of Southern California Tue, 29 Jan 2008 16:25:42 -0800 http://www.humansecuritygateway.com/showRecord.php?RecordId=22090 http://www.humansecuritygateway.com/showRecord.php?RecordId=22090 Version 3.0 of the Militarized Interstate Dispute (MID) data collection compiled by the Correlates of War Project provides information about conflicts in which one or more states threaten, display, or use force against one or more other states between 1816 and 2001. Version 2.1 of the MID data set covered the 1816-1992 period. The data collection project that culminated in version 3.0 gathered new data on all MIDs that began between 1993 and 2001, along with those MIDs that began before 1993 but were still ongoing on December 31, 1992. Version 3.02 (released on October 10, 2003) includes information about the specific incidents that occurred within each MID for the 1993-2001 period (along with the MIDs ongoing at the end of 1992). In addition, version 3.02 includes a dyadic version of the disputes that were newly collected for the v3.0 data set. In March 2004, we released summary information about many MIDs in the form of "narratives" about the MIDs that give a prose description of the actors, issues, and some critical actions occurring within each MID. SOURCE: Correlates of War Project Correlates of War Project Tue, 29 Jan 2008 16:20:20 -0800 http://www.humansecuritygateway.com/showRecord.php?RecordId=22089 http://www.humansecuritygateway.com/showRecord.php?RecordId=22089 Version 3.0 of the Correlates of War Extra-State War data set identifies extrastate wars and their participants between 1816 and 1997. SOURCE: Correlates of War Project Correlates of War Project Tue, 29 Jan 2008 16:14:05 -0800 http://www.humansecuritygateway.com/showRecord.php?RecordId=22088 http://www.humansecuritygateway.com/showRecord.php?RecordId=22088 Data on the health status of populations living in conflict-affected countries or of refugees from these countries are notoriously difficult to obtain in a systematic manner, even more so from one single standardised source. As a component of the SMART initiative (www.smartincators.org), and with funding from the Bureau of Population, Refugees and Migration (PRM) of the US Department of State, the Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters (CRED) has been actively working on a pilot project to compile data relevant for planning and resource allocation for relief, reconstruction and development programmes. The CE-DAT (Complex Emergencies Database - www.cred.be/cedat) project team has collected data on health and nutrition from surveys reporting on 8 priority conflict-affected countries (Afghanistan, Angola, Cxc3xb4te d'Ivoire, DRCongo, Ethiopia, Iraq, Sierra Leone, Sudan). CE-DAT offers indicators on mortality (e.g., infant, crude, under 5), morbidity (including contagious disease outbreaks), nutrition (e.g., global acute and severe acute malnutrition) and vaccination coverage as reported by our sources. Along with the values of the health indicators, the database provides accompanying information such as the type of populations (i.e., refugee, IDP or resident), the sampling method, the geographical location and the sources of the data. The primary function of this initiative is to support PRM in its reporting on current conditions in refugee sites and to monitor trends in these populations over time. SOURCE: Center for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters Center for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters Tue, 29 Jan 2008 16:00:15 -0800 http://www.humansecuritygateway.com/showRecord.php?RecordId=22087 http://www.humansecuritygateway.com/showRecord.php?RecordId=22087 Shows the relative frequency of incidents in Sunni and Shia communities, April-August 2004. SOURCE: Washington Institute for Near East Policy Washington Institute for Near East Policy Tue, 29 Jan 2008 15:55:19 -0800 http://www.humansecuritygateway.com/showRecord.php?RecordId=22086 http://www.humansecuritygateway.com/showRecord.php?RecordId=22086 Shows coalition forces killed in action (KIA) by week from April through August 2004, comparing the frequency of attacks perpetrated by Sunni and Shia insurgents. Published September 2004. SOURCE: Washington Institute for Near East Policy Washington Institute for Near East Policy Tue, 29 Jan 2008 15:49:42 -0800 http://www.humansecuritygateway.com/showRecord.php?RecordId=22085 http://www.humansecuritygateway.com/showRecord.php?RecordId=22085 Shows the variety and frequency of Iraqi insurgent attacks, April-August 2004. SOURCE: Washington Institute for Near East Policy Washington Institute for Near East Policy Tue, 29 Jan 2008 15:34:20 -0800 http://www.humansecuritygateway.com/showRecord.php?RecordId=22084 http://www.humansecuritygateway.com/showRecord.php?RecordId=22084 This page provides links to spreadsheets and data on ethnolinguistic fractionalization. SOURCE: Roeder, Philip G // University California at Sandiego Roeder, Philip G // University California at Sandiego Mon, 28 Jan 2008 16:49:33 -0800 http://www.humansecuritygateway.com/showRecord.php?RecordId=22072 http://www.humansecuritygateway.com/showRecord.php?RecordId=22072 Index of tables ranking countries in the following issue areas: History of Armed Conflict, Governance and Political Instability, Militarization, Population Heterogeneity, Population Heterogeneity, Demographic Stress, Economic Performance, Economic Performance, Human Development, Environmental Stress, and International Linkages. SOURCE: Country Indicators for Foreign Policy // Carleton University Country Indicators for Foreign Policy // Carleton University Mon, 28 Jan 2008 16:39:59 -0800 http://www.humansecuritygateway.com/showRecord.php?RecordId=22071 http://www.humansecuritygateway.com/showRecord.php?RecordId=22071 This data covers all non-UN missions in the period running from 1 July 2004 to the third quarter of 2005. SOURCE: Center for International Cooperation // New York University Center for International Cooperation // New York University Mon, 28 Jan 2008 16:38:25 -0800 http://www.humansecuritygateway.com/showRecord.php?RecordId=22070 http://www.humansecuritygateway.com/showRecord.php?RecordId=22070 This data covers all UN missions in the period running from 1 July 2004 to the third quarter of 2005. SOURCE: Center on International Cooperation // New York University Center on International Cooperation // New York University Mon, 28 Jan 2008 16:28:57 -0800 http://www.humansecuritygateway.com/showRecord.php?RecordId=22068 http://www.humansecuritygateway.com/showRecord.php?RecordId=22068 The cross-national data generated through CIFP was intended to have a variety of applications in government departments, NGOs, and by users in the private sector. The data set provides at-a-glance global overviews, issue-based perspectives and country performance measures. Currently, the data set includes measures of domestic armed conflict, governance and political instability, militarization, religious and ethnic diversity, demographic stress, economic performance, human development, environmental stress, and international linkages. The CIFP database currently includes statistical data in the above issue areas, in the form of over one hundred performance indicators for 196 countries, spanning fifteen years (1985 to 2000) for most indicators. These indicators are drawn from a variety of open sources, including the World Bank, the United Nations Development Programme, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute, and the Minorities at Risk and POLITY IV data sets from the University of Maryland. SOURCE: Country Indicators for Foreign Policy // Carleton University Country Indicators for Foreign Policy // Carleton University Mon, 28 Jan 2008 16:04:20 -0800 http://www.humansecuritygateway.com/showRecord.php?RecordId=22067 http://www.humansecuritygateway.com/showRecord.php?RecordId=22067 This code manual has to be seen together with the more comprehensive explanations in the book by Frank R. Pfetsch and Christoph Rohloff: “National and International Conflicts, 1945- 1995. New empirical and theoretical approaches.” London/N. Y. 2000. [Click here: http://jpr.sagepub.com/cgi/reprint/37/3/379]. However, the data bank used in this book lists 28 variables and only 661 conflicts for 1945-1995. The update leads, therefore, to some modifications also as to the number of variables. The content and its explanation remains as indicated in the book. SOURCE: Heidelberg Institute on International Conflict Research // University of Heidelberg Heidelberg Institute on International Conflict Research // University of Heidelberg Mon, 28 Jan 2008 15:57:47 -0800 http://www.humansecuritygateway.com/showRecord.php?RecordId=22065 http://www.humansecuritygateway.com/showRecord.php?RecordId=22065 The first version of the database comprises data on national and international conflicts from 1945 to 1998 (version 1.3). It was developed in a research project led by Prof. Dr. Frank R. Pfetsch at the University of Heidelberg in 1991. SOURCE: Heidelberg Institute on International Conflict Research // University of Heidelberg Heidelberg Institute on International Conflict Research // University of Heidelberg Mon, 28 Jan 2008 14:55:35 -0800 http://www.humansecuritygateway.com/showRecord.php?RecordId=22062 http://www.humansecuritygateway.com/showRecord.php?RecordId=22062 The following table lists 325 episodes of armed conflict (including 29 ongoing cases) that comprise a comprehensive accounting of all forms of major armed conflicts in the world over the contemporary period: 1946-2007. "Major episodes of political violence" involve at least 500 "directly-related" fatalities and reach a level of intensity in which political violence is both systematic and sustained (a base rate of 100 "directly-related deaths per annum). Episodes may be of any general type: inter-state, intra-state, or communal; they include all episodes of international, civil, ethnic, communal, and genocidal violence and warfare. Episodes are coded on a scale of one to ten according to an assessment of the full impact of their violence on the societies that directly experience their effects. The effects of political violence and warfare include fatalities and casualties, resource depletion, destruction of infrastructure, and population dislocations, among other things such as the psychological trauma to individuals and adverse changes to the social psychology and political culture of affected social identity groups. The resulting categories represent standardized event magnitudes based on levels of societal affect (i.e., a measure of the general magnitude that a society's normal networking and functioning is affected by violent disruption); the scaled categories are considered comparative units of measurement. SOURCE: Center for Systemic Peace Center for Systemic Peace Mon, 28 Jan 2008 14:44:58 -0800 http://www.humansecuritygateway.com/showRecord.php?RecordId=22061 http://www.humansecuritygateway.com/showRecord.php?RecordId=22061 Data and tables pertaining to global disease trends and related risk factors. SOURCE: Disease Control Priorities Project Disease Control Priorities Project Mon, 28 Jan 2008 13:52:36 -0800 http://www.humansecuritygateway.com/showRecord.php?RecordId=22060 http://www.humansecuritygateway.com/showRecord.php?RecordId=22060 One aim of the QoG institute is to make publicly available cross-nationally comparative data on QoG and its correlates. To accomplish this aim we have compiled both a cross-sectional data set with global coverage pertaining to the year of 2002 (or the closest year available), and a cross-sectional time-series dataset with global coverage spanning the time period 1946–2006. SOURCE: Quality of Government Institute Quality of Government Institute