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Does Peacekeeping Reduce Violence? Assessing Comprehensive Security of Contemporary Peace Operations in Africa Cover

Does Peacekeeping Reduce Violence? Assessing Comprehensive Security of Contemporary Peace Operations in Africa

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|Mar 2018

Figures & Tables

Table 1

Indicators.

DimensionIndicatorSource
War and Conflict
  • Number of battle death

  • Civilian death

  • Number of all conflict events

  • Number of conflict events with government forces

  • Number of conflict events with rebel forces

  • ACLED

Domestic and personal security
  • Violence against civilians

  • Domestic unrest (no of conflict events

  • Number of refugees

Security Governance
  • Rule of Law

  • Accountability

  • Political Stability

  • IIAG

  • World Bank

Figure 1

Average number of casualties during peacekeeping missions.

Source: Own calculation based on ACLED data: https://www.acleddata.com/data/.

Figure 2

Number of conflict events during peacekeeping missions.

Source: Own calculation based on ACLED data: https://www.acleddata.com/data/.

Figure 3

Number of conflict events per annum and peacekeeping mission.

Source: Own calculation based on ACLED data: https://www.acleddata.com/data/.

Figure 4

Domestic unrest.

Source: Own calculation based on ACLED data: https://www.acleddata.com/data/.

Figure 5

Violence against civilians.

Source: Own calculation based on ACLED data: https://www.acleddata.com/data/.

Figure 6

Number of refugees.

Source: Own calculation based on the refugee project: www.therefugeeproject.org.

Figure 7

Accountability in percentages.

Source: Own calculation based in IIAG: http://iiag.online/.

Figure 8

Rule of law in percentages.

Source: Own calculation based in IIAG: http://iiag.online/.

Figure 9

Political Stability.

Source: World Bank, conversion into percentages: http://info.worldbank.org/governance/wgi/#home.

Figure 10

Stabilisation missions with Somalia.

Source: own calculation based on ACLED and the Refugee Project: https://www.acleddata.com/data/, http://www.therefugeeproject.org/.

Figure 11

Stabilization missions without Somalia.

Source: own calculation based on ACLED: https://www.acleddata.com/data/.

Figure 12

Peace to keep missions.

Source: own calculation based on ACLED and the refugee project: https://www.acleddata.com/data/, http://www.therefugeeproject.org/.

Figure 13

Relationship of governance vs violence against civilians and domestic unrest.

Source: Own calculation based on World Bank and ACLED datasets: http://info.worldbank.org/governance/wgi/#home, https://www.acleddata.com/data/.

Figure 14

ODA and levels of violence.

Source: Own calculation based on World Bank and ACLED datasets, http://info.worldbank.org/governance/wgi/#home, https://www.acleddata.com/data/.

Figure 15

ODA and Governance.

Source: Own calculation based on World Bank, IIAG and ACLED datasets: http://iiag.online/, https://www.acleddata.com/data/.

Figure 16

Natural Rents and Violence.

Source: Own calculation based on World Bank and ACLED datasets. No data was available for Somalia: https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/NY.GDP.TOTL.RT.ZS, https://www.acleddata.com/data/.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5334/sta.576 | Journal eISSN: 2165-2627
Language: English
Page range: 4 - 4
Submitted on: Aug 1, 2017
Accepted on: Mar 6, 2018
Published on: Mar 26, 2018
Published by: Department of Peace Studies and International Development, University of Bradford
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services

© 2018 Malte Brosig, Norman Sempijja, published by Department of Peace Studies and International Development, University of Bradford
This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.