Doing Harm by Doing Good? The Negative Externalities of Humanitarian Aid Provision during Civil Conflict (doi:10.7910/DVN/29076)

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Document Description
Citation
Title:	Doing Harm by Doing Good? The Negative Externalities of Humanitarian Aid Provision during Civil Conflict
Identification Number:	doi:10.7910/DVN/29076
Distributor:	Harvard Dataverse
Date of Distribution:	2015-02-11
Version:	1
Bibliographic Citation:	Wood, Reed M.; Sullivan, Christopher, 2015, "Doing Harm by Doing Good? The Negative Externalities of Humanitarian Aid Provision during Civil Conflict", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/29076, Harvard Dataverse, V1, UNF:5:qdWtnT/0twIRIaehSdAY9w== [fileUNF]
Study Description
Citation
Title:	Doing Harm by Doing Good? The Negative Externalities of Humanitarian Aid Provision during Civil Conflict
Identification Number:	doi:10.7910/DVN/29076
Authoring Entity:	Wood, Reed M. (Arizona State University)
	Sullivan, Christopher (University of Michigan)
Producer:	Reed M. Wood
Date of Production:	2014
Distributor:	Harvard Dataverse
Distributor:	The Journal of Politics Dataverse
Access Authority:	Reed M. Wood
Date of Deposit:	2015-02-08
Date of Distribution:	2014
Holdings Information:	https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/29076
Study Scope
Keywords:	one-sided violence, insurgency, humanitarian aid, civil war
Abstract:	Dataset includes grid level information on conflict events and humanitarian aid distribution in 22 sub-Saharan African states between 1989 and 2008.
Methodology and Processing
Sources Statement
Data Access
Notes:	<a href="http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0">CC0 1.0</a>
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File: WS_jopdata.tab
	Number of cases: 88532 No. of variables per record: 36 Type of File: text/tab-separated-values
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File Description--f2533509
File: WS_jopdata_matchedDiD.tab
	Number of cases: 3526 No. of variables per record: 36 Type of File: text/tab-separated-values
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	For matched DiD analysis
Variable Description
List of Variables:	countrycode - cow id code year - observation year totalpko - number of peacekeeping troops (country-level only) gid - prio grid id flood - presence of flooding in the grid (from NOAA data) humanaid_neighwtd - proportion of adjoining cells with humanitarian aid in same year lnpop - natural log of estimated grid population size rebel_coethnic - rebel coethnics residing in grid cell rebel_osv_events_tot - count of rebel one-sided violence events nsagov_battle_events - count of gov and nsa battle events gov_osv_events - count of gov one-sided violence events nsagov_battle_neighwtd - proportion of adjoining cells with gov and nsa battle events in same year gov_osv_neighwtd - proportion of adjoining cells with gov_osv in same year lagrebel_osv_events lagnsa_battle_events lagnsagov_battle_events laggov_osv_events lagnsagov_battle_neighwtd lagosvevents_total laggov_osv_neighwtd lnbdist - natural log of grid distance to international border lncapdist - natural log of grid distance to capital lngcppc_interp - natural log of estimated grid economic production (wealth) rebel_osv_neighwtd - proportion of adjoining cells with rebel_osv in same year lagrebel_osv_neighwtd lagdrought lagflood drought - presence of drought in the grid (from NOAA data) lnhumanaid - natural log of humanitarian aid laglnhumanaid - 1 year lag of natural log of humanitarian aid conflictyear_2 - active conflict year laghumanaid - 1 year lag of humanitarian aid laghumanaid_neighwtd lntotalpko - natural log of total peace keeping troops (country level only) PKO - presence of Peace Keeping (country level only) post2000 - all years after 2000 year - year humanaid - humanaid countrycode - countrycode scc_hi1 - scc_hi1 rebel_strong - rebel_strong flood - flood reb_osv_neighwtd - reb_osv_neighwtd humanaid_neighwtd - humanaid_neighwtd lnpop - lnpop rebel_coethnic - rebel_coethnic rebel_osv_events_tot - rebel_osv_events_tot nsagov_battle_events - nsagov_battle_events gov_osv_events - gov_osv_events nsagov_battle_neighwtd - nsagov_battle_neighwtd gov_osv_neighwtd - gov_osv_neighwtd lagrebel_osv_events - lagrebel_osv_events lagnsagov_battle_events - lagnsagov_battle_events laggov_osv_events - laggov_osv_events lagnsagov_battle_neighwtd - lagnsagov_battle_neighwtd laggov_osv_neighwtd - laggov_osv_neighwtd rebel_osv_neighwtd - rebel_osv_neighwtd plus1gov_osv_events - plus1gov_osv_events plus1reb_osv_events - plus1reb_osv_events lagrebel_osv_neighwtd - lagrebel_osv_neighwtd lagdrought - lagdrought lagflood - lagflood drought - drought plus1nsagov_battle - plus1nsagov_battle laglnhumanaid - laglnhumanaid conflictyear_2 - conflictyear_2 treat - treat laghumanaid - laghumanaid laghumanaid_neighwtd - laghumanaid_neighwtd pretreated - pretreated posttreated - posttreated treatmentgroup - treatmentgroup
Variables
cow id code
f2533508 Location:	Variable Format: numeric Notes: UNF:5:uvYK4ehK7/bptuN5GE1vkg==
observation year
f2533508 Location:	Variable Format: numeric Notes: UNF:5:4ZaqqmbwREQGG8TVn9NESA==
number of peacekeeping troops (country-level only)
f2533508 Location:	Variable Format: numeric Notes: UNF:5:NeRgly/duchuGRGKknSWyQ==
prio grid id
f2533508 Location:	Variable Format: numeric Notes: UNF:5:ZeYyk/gVz1bPZTC9J9CkaQ==
presence of flooding in the grid (from NOAA data)
f2533508 Location:	Variable Format: numeric Notes: UNF:5:ERhfHD0lfQ/QPxG2HAJihA==
proportion of adjoining cells with humanitarian aid in same year
f2533508 Location:	Variable Format: numeric Notes: UNF:5:to41hiCv8cRdr25lXCQYWg==
natural log of estimated grid population size
f2533508 Location:	Variable Format: numeric Notes: UNF:5:cVgMN4Uv0FJrjegFSIoB5Q==
rebel coethnics residing in grid cell
f2533508 Location:	Variable Format: numeric Notes: UNF:5:tBVwzVpGEoUNuEanVB8I+A==
count of rebel one-sided violence events
f2533508 Location:	Variable Format: numeric Notes: UNF:5:Ka83vMkiB50H9t8LEvuw4g==
count of gov and nsa battle events
f2533508 Location:	Variable Format: numeric Notes: UNF:5:sCi8PBYmBwS9VwlR1dfcCA==
count of gov one-sided violence events
f2533508 Location:	Variable Format: numeric Notes: UNF:5:HZBlRUmIDf0CWUSOsbxGSA==
proportion of adjoining cells with gov and nsa battle events in same year
f2533508 Location:	Variable Format: numeric Notes: UNF:5:sUmbCjumqji3Rhzrc7DIrg==
proportion of adjoining cells with gov_osv in same year
f2533508 Location:	Variable Format: numeric Notes: UNF:5:w2PS/ppYlC9ZsTSAx24L5Q==
lagrebel_osv_events
f2533508 Location:	Variable Format: numeric Notes: UNF:5:alnlWZsP+oPPJd7W72v+Gg==
lagnsa_battle_events
f2533508 Location:	Variable Format: numeric Notes: UNF:5:FZcaRhK7PmW8twH9GXx/iQ==
lagnsagov_battle_events
f2533508 Location:	Variable Format: numeric Notes: UNF:5:d/B4688aY8ofyb6qhVQibA==
laggov_osv_events
f2533508 Location:	Variable Format: numeric Notes: UNF:5:SnnHN6cTXIQiaY8ERvjNRg==
lagnsagov_battle_neighwtd
f2533508 Location:	Variable Format: numeric Notes: UNF:5:toQOD+zn2hm5lBVg54EvBA==
lagosvevents_total
f2533508 Location:	Variable Format: numeric Notes: UNF:5:k2A1RNpK/z2BPWBLSEDuNA==
laggov_osv_neighwtd
f2533508 Location:	Variable Format: numeric Notes: UNF:5:SJ+xz71PNeyIsFbOp3/1VQ==
natural log of grid distance to international border
f2533508 Location:	Variable Format: numeric Notes: UNF:5:PoFmVijtYgF1ExbgkljRhg==
natural log of grid distance to capital
f2533508 Location:	Variable Format: numeric Notes: UNF:5:Zpo1JAT0KJbclNn/ohNCCQ==
natural log of estimated grid economic production (wealth)
f2533508 Location:	Variable Format: numeric Notes: UNF:5:qsvRR0rMnRVn/9DtKl2u0g==
proportion of adjoining cells with rebel_osv in same year
f2533508 Location:	Variable Format: numeric Notes: UNF:5:uBgXfOJFrqpPSF93vTx9tQ==
lagrebel_osv_neighwtd
f2533508 Location:	Variable Format: numeric Notes: UNF:5:kr4AjNTNn8xnITgomEveIQ==
lagdrought
f2533508 Location:	Variable Format: numeric Notes: UNF:5:S/NciD33ochzLvN09nh2oQ==
lagflood
f2533508 Location:	Variable Format: numeric Notes: UNF:5:hrHfKPbedJ5HAuhYCt4Stg==
presence of drought in the grid (from NOAA data)
f2533508 Location:	Variable Format: numeric Notes: UNF:5:Sx6wSenPavO1GFKSSuRh+g==
natural log of humanitarian aid
f2533508 Location:	Variable Format: numeric Notes: UNF:5:q2iqa4UcPrXFbmvRkV5CBg==
1 year lag of natural log of humanitarian aid
f2533508 Location:	Variable Format: numeric Notes: UNF:5:rMSd6UNtxzhdi5sqrqlFkg==
active conflict year
f2533508 Location:	Variable Format: numeric Notes: UNF:5:Rixg089iIwPGbB/xG/uLZg==
1 year lag of humanitarian aid
f2533508 Location:	Variable Format: numeric Notes: UNF:5:lhJbntPM9hi6+0xikARivA==
laghumanaid_neighwtd
f2533508 Location:	Variable Format: numeric Notes: UNF:5:Fu4ANmu17cXWQSOVXm6I/w==
natural log of total peace keeping troops (country level only)
f2533508 Location:	Variable Format: numeric Notes: UNF:5:FPW19+Koit9gvc4gVghTqg==
presence of Peace Keeping (country level only)
f2533508 Location:	Variable Format: numeric Notes: UNF:5:mDEimSlC+Xk4dpovqXwUvQ==
all years after 2000
f2533508 Location:	Variable Format: numeric Notes: UNF:5:hoQ0jPsVT3wHcL2DiNV6gg==
year
f2533509 Location:	Variable Format: numeric Notes: UNF:5:7QckUx0B9msLAiFgtluzpQ==
humanaid
f2533509 Location:	Variable Format: numeric Notes: UNF:5:YZqxu3XdgIKszcfDBCQTAQ==
countrycode
f2533509 Location:	Variable Format: numeric Notes: UNF:5:edabNFkMdAHUHUInfh9hfw==
scc_hi1
f2533509 Location:	Variable Format: numeric Notes: UNF:5:se4gqj1g+CAfWKmBk3sLjg==
rebel_strong
f2533509 Location:	Variable Format: numeric Notes: UNF:5:bW9So6GO2t8uiqQhP9b+jQ==
flood
f2533509 Location:	Variable Format: numeric Notes: UNF:5:5eaewHIexWYzJ+PHKgw6/w==
reb_osv_neighwtd
f2533509 Location:	Variable Format: numeric Notes: UNF:5:wjuqAUf10NlqOT668M2AIQ==
humanaid_neighwtd
f2533509 Location:	Variable Format: numeric Notes: UNF:5:/Ql9audA1T8F7Bfsng1eww==
lnpop
f2533509 Location:	Variable Format: numeric Notes: UNF:5:mH1jF7JYAzvqMpMQC4WUog==
rebel_coethnic
f2533509 Location:	Variable Format: numeric Notes: UNF:5:J3fMgmY2dF61FCTSoAyuHg==
rebel_osv_events_tot
f2533509 Location:	Variable Format: numeric Notes: UNF:5:mdFsqzR8wa3GFc3kA6XYmg==
nsagov_battle_events
f2533509 Location:	Variable Format: numeric Notes: UNF:5:xjLNiH/OoocF5S+CSGBh3g==
gov_osv_events
f2533509 Location:	Variable Format: numeric Notes: UNF:5:T4izWeXjHghOm4DsmoKq6w==
nsagov_battle_neighwtd
f2533509 Location:	Variable Format: numeric Notes: UNF:5:gjwkqUmEu2IoC4QXhuX9XA==
gov_osv_neighwtd
f2533509 Location:	Variable Format: numeric Notes: UNF:5:woSdA3cPdYy08UlDLDrSeA==
lagrebel_osv_events
f2533509 Location:	Variable Format: numeric Notes: UNF:5:87zu6vah2iX8EZNx9pJ7sA==
lagnsagov_battle_events
f2533509 Location:	Variable Format: numeric Notes: UNF:5:u1GZiqhuoGMPW9vvn+lD4A==
laggov_osv_events
f2533509 Location:	Variable Format: numeric Notes: UNF:5:nPMOCAowc5pLWcJdEVQKKw==
lagnsagov_battle_neighwtd
f2533509 Location:	Variable Format: numeric Notes: UNF:5:amjV7zbKl1NxK78N0myUeQ==
laggov_osv_neighwtd
f2533509 Location:	Variable Format: numeric Notes: UNF:5:WGEKKWt8Fjp9tm9glX0zIA==
rebel_osv_neighwtd
f2533509 Location:	Variable Format: numeric Notes: UNF:5:wjuqAUf10NlqOT668M2AIQ==
plus1gov_osv_events
f2533509 Location:	Variable Format: numeric Notes: UNF:5:4Jfe9b0fAhZvQJDZ4OI/ug==
plus1reb_osv_events
f2533509 Location:	Variable Format: numeric Notes: UNF:5:ZVpdZNpjyStLeCqEU7u2eQ==
lagrebel_osv_neighwtd
f2533509 Location:	Variable Format: numeric Notes: UNF:5:2UXwKaxIC8Re0RyCgx7qDw==
lagdrought
f2533509 Location:	Variable Format: numeric Notes: UNF:5:XOp3t0Sc5DUCVGZjRxN82Q==
lagflood
f2533509 Location:	Variable Format: numeric Notes: UNF:5:DieVsc5NowqebJ26B3nTsw==
drought
f2533509 Location:	Variable Format: numeric Notes: UNF:5:PJzffJJIOLtRDhKs9Doqjg==
plus1nsagov_battle
f2533509 Location:	Variable Format: numeric Notes: UNF:5:da92YJO5z6odf9MmEiqKSw==
laglnhumanaid
f2533509 Location:	Variable Format: numeric Notes: UNF:5:VirzavpYrOEOUvbeCVLBHA==
conflictyear_2
f2533509 Location:	Variable Format: numeric Notes: UNF:5:rvZSlNu4WM670JyYSgGERA==
treat
f2533509 Location:	Variable Format: numeric Notes: UNF:5:qdK6351+U4fnhbhrDjx+mw==
laghumanaid
f2533509 Location:	Variable Format: numeric Notes: UNF:5:LEn82/+aQrHqlMOioY+5ow==
laghumanaid_neighwtd
f2533509 Location:	Variable Format: numeric Notes: UNF:5:Eg4bAyBK/5MxO4PF0Q/Neg==
pretreated
f2533509 Location:	Variable Format: numeric Notes: UNF:5:MKi0MwINxZaY9aeAbGHpuQ==
posttreated
f2533509 Location:	Variable Format: numeric Notes: UNF:5:MKi0MwINxZaY9aeAbGHpuQ==
treatmentgroup
f2533509 Location:	Variable Format: numeric Notes: UNF:5:MKi0MwINxZaY9aeAbGHpuQ==
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