Regional Development Indicators (Beta)

Regional Development Indicators (RDI) – Africa Version 0.1

Description:

Regional Development Indicators (RDI) for 5,968 African ADM2 regions and the years 1992-2015.

In most instances, ADM2 regions refer to the second subnational level, such as counties or districts. However, a unique identifier of the ADM1 region (state, province) is also available and allows you to aggregate the data at a higher federal level.

The RDI contains information about:

  • Landuse
  • Nighttime lights (luminosity)
  • Conflict (battles, riots, violence against civilians, casualties)
  • Mining activity
  • Road and port infrastructure
  • Oil and gas fields
  • Power plants

 

How To Use the Data:

IMPORTANT: This dataset is an open-beta version and therefore subject to ongoing improvements.
Please send suggestions and feedback to rdi@datainspace.org

data|in|space has compiled this data from other data sources. If you are using this data, please cite the respective source (listed under “Citation” in the table below).

We would also be grateful if you could cite data|in|space as well:

  • Regional Development Indicators (RDI) – Africa, Version 0.1, https://datainspace.org

 

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Variables:

Variable Description Citation Source Links
ADM2ID Unique ADM2 identifier
countrycode Country code (ISO-3)
Countryname Country name
ADM1 Name of ADM1 unit Original Data:
GADM database of Global Administrative Areas, http://www.gadm.org/, Version 1 Accessed May 2012

Link

ADM2 Name of ADM2 unit
year Year (1990-2015)
ADM2_lat ADM2 Centroid Latitude
ADM2_lon ADM2 Centroid Longitude
LANDUSE
frac_LU_artificial Fraction of land use: Artificial Original Data:
Global Land Cover Characteristics Data Base Version 2.0Zonal Statistics:
Regional Development Indicators (RDI) – Africa, Version 0.1, https://datainspace.org.
 Link
frac_LU_cropland Fraction of land use: Crop
frac_LU_grass Fraction of land use: Grass
frac_LU_tree Fraction of land use: Trees
frac_LU_shrubs Fraction of land use: Shrubs
frac_LU_herbaceous Fraction of land use: Herbaceous
frac_LU_mangroves Fraction of land use: Mangroves
frac_LU_sparse Fraction of land use: Sparse
frac_LU_baresoil Fraction of land use: Bare Soil
frac_LU_snow Fraction of land use: Snow
frac_LU_water Fraction of land use: Water
NIGHTTIME LIGHTS
mean_light Mean value of light pixel in ADM2. (Ranges from 0-63) Original Data:

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). 2014. Version 4 DMSP-OLS Nighttime Lights Time Series. Boulder, CO: National Geophysical Data Center


Zonal Statistics:
Roland Hodler, Paul A. Raschky; Regional Favoritism. The Quarterly Journal of Economics 2014; 129 (2): 995-1033. doi: 10.1093/qje/qju004

 

Link

sum_light Sum total of individual light pixel values in ADM2
CONFLICT (UCDP)
UCDP_death Original Data:

Uppsala Conflict Data Program (Date of retrieval: 16/04/25) UCDP Conflict Encyclopedia: www.ucdp.uu.se, Uppsala University

 

Spatial Join:

Roland Hodler, Paul A. Raschky,  Georgie Stokol (2017). The Impact of Deforestation in Protected Areas on Conflict in Africa, Department of Economics, Monash University, mimeo.

Link

UCDP_event
CONFLICT (ACLED)
battle Original Data:

Raleigh, Clionadh, Andrew Linke, Håvard Hegre and Joakim Karlsen. 2010. Introducing ACLED-Armed Conflict Location and Event Data. Journal of Peace Research 47(5) 651-660.

 

Spatial Join:

Roland Hodler, Paul A. Raschky,  Georgie Stokol (2017). The Impact of Deforestation in Protected Areas on Conflict in Africa, Department of Economics, Monash University, mimeo.

Link
headquarters
nonviolent
remoteviol
riot
strategic_dev
violence_civ
ACLED_death
MINES
mines Total number of mines in ADM2 unit Original Data:

U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). 2005. Mineral Resources Data System: U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, VA

 

Spatial Join:

Axel Dreher, Andreas Fuchs, Roland Hodler, Bradley C. Parks, Paul A. Raschky, Michael J. Tierney (2016). Aid on Demand: African Leaders and the Geography of China’s Foreign Assistance. AidData Working Paper 3, aiddata.org.

 

Link
*_mine Total number of mines in ADM2 unit by commodity:

Aluminum_mine
Asbestos_mine
BariumBarite_mine
Beryllium_mine
BoronBorates_mine
Chromium_mine
Copper_mine
Diamond_mine
Gold_mine
Iron_mine
Lead_mine
Manganese_mine
Mica_mine
Nickel_mine
PhosphorusPhosphates_mine
Platinum_mine
REE_mine
Silver_mine
Sulfur_mine
Strontium_mine
Tin_mine
Tungsten_mine
Uranium_mine
Zinc_mine

PORTS
ports Number of ports in ADM2 unit Original Data:

World Port Index, Maritime Safety Information, National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency

 

Spatial Join:

Axel Dreher, Andreas Fuchs, Roland Hodler, Bradley C. Parks, Paul A. Raschky, Michael J. Tierney (2016). Aid on Demand: African Leaders and the Geography of China’s Foreign Assistance. AidData Working Paper 3, aiddata.org.

Link

port_oil_terminal Number of ports with Oil terminal
ROADS
total_road_length Total road length in km Original Data:

Center for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN). 2013. Global Roads Open Access Data Set, Version 1 (gROADSv1). Columbia University, and Information Technology Outreach Services— ITOS—University of Georgia. Palisades, NY: NASA Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC).

 

Spatial Join:

Axel Dreher, Andreas Fuchs, Roland Hodler, Bradley C. Parks, Paul A. Raschky, Michael J. Tierney (2016). Aid on Demand: African Leaders and the Geography of China’s Foreign Assistance. AidData Working Paper 3, aiddata.org.

 

Link
*KM Total road length and road length by type (where available):

Length of Highways

Length of Primary Roads

Length of Secondary Roads

Length of Tertiary Roads

Length of Local/Urban Roads
Length of Trails

Length of Private Roads Length of Unspecified Roads

OIL AND GAS FIELDS
oil_field 1 if an oil field is located in ADM2 region Original Data:

Lujala, Paivi, Jan Ketil Rød, and Nadia Thieme. 2007. Fighting over Oil: Introducing a New Dataset. Conflict Management and Peace Science 24, 3: 239-256.

Spatial Analysis:

Axel Dreher, Andreas Fuchs, Roland Hodler, Bradley C. Parks, Paul A. Raschky, Michael J. Tierney (2016). Aid on Demand: African Leaders and the Geography of China’s Foreign Assistance. AidData Working Paper 3, aiddata.org

Link
gas_field 1 if an gas field is located in ADM2 region
POWER PLANTS
Power_Plants Number of Power Plants Original Data:

The Africa Infrastructure Country Diagnostic (AICD)

 

Spatial Join:

Regional Development Indicators (RDI) – Africa, Version 0.1, https://datainspace.org.

Link
Power_Plant_Hydro Number of Power Plants by type
Power_Plant_Thermal
Power_Plant_Other

 

Citation:

If you are using this data, please use

Regional Development Indicators (RDI) – Africa, Version 0.1, https://datainspace.org

As well as all the references for the respective variable.