Annualized implementation data on comprehensive intrastate peace accords, 1989–2012

Abstract

This article introduces the Peace Accords Matrix Implementation Dataset (PAM_ID). We present time-series data on the implementation of 51 provisions in 34 comprehensive peace agreements negotiated in civil wars since 1989. We follow the implementation process for up to ten years following the signing of each agreement. The data provide new insights into the types of provisions that are more or less likely to be implemented, how implementation processes unfold over time, how implementation processes relate to one another, and how implementation affects various post-accord outcomes. We outline our coding methodology and case selection, and examine descriptive statistics. We illustrate one potential use of the data by combining eight different provisions into a composite indicator of security sector reform (SSR). A survival analysis finds that implementing security sector reforms contributes to long-term conflict reduction not only between the parties to the accord but also between the government and other non-signatory groups in the same conflict.

UN involvement and civil war peace agreement implementation

“…The Peace Accord Matrix Implementation Dataset provides information on the implementation of each provision in an agreement for each year for the first ten of the agreement (Joshi et al 2015). The level of implementation has 4 ordinal categories (0 = no implementation, 1 = limited, 2 = medium, 3 = full).…”

“…In our 13 Specifically, we remove provisions for UN peacekeeping and UN transitional authority. Information on these provisions is available in the original dataset (Joshi et al 2015).…”

“…In this article, we analyze the effectiveness of UN missions in terms of peace agreement implementation. We evaluate our claims using the Peace Accords Matrix Implementation Dataset (Joshi et al 2015) from 1989 to 2010 and data on personnel commitments to UN peacekeeping operations (Kathman 2013). We show that higher numbers of UN personnel in a country increase the level of agreement implementation.…”

“…Information on implementation score was obtained from the Peace Accord Matrix Implementation Dataset(Joshi et al 2015).…”

An Ontology of Peace: Landscapes of Conflict and Cooperation with Application to Colombia

“…Encouragingly, recent work has begun to address more comprehensively the variation in implementation of peace accords at the country-year level(Joshi, Quinn, and Regan 2015), which is an important step toward capturing variability in peace.…”