ABSTRACT

This paper introduces the Robust Africa Deployments of Peacekeeping Operations (RADPKO) dataset, a new dataset of geocoded United Nations peacekeeping deployments. Drawing upon primary documents sourced directly from the UN covering 10 multidimensional peacekeeping operations from 1999 to 2018, RADPKO offers comprehensive monthly time-series data on UN peacekeeper deployment location by type, gender, and nationality. We describe the data collection in detail and discuss the cases and time periods missing from the data. We show that although the UN responds dynamically to conflict events in the field, deployments outside of population centres tend to be fairly homogeneous in regard to both nationality and gender. We use this data to empirically investigate the oft-posited link between deployment of peacekeepers and reductions in violence at the local level. We replicate and extend past studies but find that some previous findings are vulnerable to robustness checks, primarily due to data incompleteness. Our analysis suggests the importance of data collection transparency, management, and description to the quantitative study of peacekeeping. The data, updated annually, provides new opportunities for scholar conducting micro-level research on peacekeeping, conflict, development, governances, and related topics across subfields in Political science.

摘要

本文介绍了非洲维和行动的稳健部署（RADPKO）数据集，这是一个经过地理编码的联合国维和部署的新数据集。RADPKO根据直接从联合国获得的涵盖1999年至2018年10个多维维持和平行动的主要文件，按类型，性别和国籍提供了有关联合国维持和平人员部署地点的每月月度时间序列数据。我们将详细描述数据收集，并讨论数据中缺少的情况和时间段。我们表明，尽管联合国对现场冲突事件做出了动态反应，但在人口中心以外的国籍和性别方面，部署往往相当均匀。我们使用这些数据来实证研究维和人员的部署与减少地方一级的暴力之间经常存在的联系。我们复制并扩展了过去的研究，但发现以前的某些发现主要由于数据不完整而容易受到健壮性检查的影响。我们的分析表明，数据收集透明度，管理和描述对于维持和平的定量研究至关重要。该数据每年更新一次，为学者开展跨学科研究维持和平，冲突，发展，治理和相关主题的微观研究提供了新的机会。我们的分析表明，数据收集透明度，管理和描述对于维持和平的定量研究至关重要。该数据每年更新一次，为学者开展跨学科研究维持和平，冲突，发展，治理和相关主题的微观研究提供了新的机会。我们的分析表明，数据收集透明度，管理和描述对于维持和平的定量研究至关重要。该数据每年更新一次，为学者开展跨学科研究维持和平，冲突，发展，治理和相关主题的微观研究提供了新的机会。