methodology

Concepts, benchmarks, and coding rules Published on: | Last updated:  Introduction The Armed Conflict Location & Event Data Project (ACLED) collects data on political violence using a bounded definition of political violence that does not include ordinary crime.…

Uses and limitations of ACLED data Published on: | Last updated:  Q. Does ACLED have a minimum fatality criterion for events? A. No – ACLED does not have a fatality threshold for an event’s inclusion in the dataset.…

Published on: | Last updated:  ACLED believes that only a tailor-made sourcing process for individual regions/countries will make data more reliable. Given the variation in types of disorder, available sources, and potential biases amongst countries, ACLED develops sourcing strategies adapted to the specific challenges at hand in each unique context.…

Coding decisions on state forces, political militias, external forces, and more Published on: | Last updated:  After staging protests against the removal of fuel subsidies, the Houthi Movement overran the Yemeni capital, Sanaa, in September 2014.…

Coding decisions on the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, South Ossetia, Abkhazia, and more Published on: | Last updated:  The Central Asia and the Caucasus regions (referred to as CAC collectively) are made up of eight now-independent former Soviet republics spanning across a large area of central Eurasia.…