SARAC

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www.cerac.org.co
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CERACs Team

• Research Associates
• Researchers
• Support Staff

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CERAC Research lines

• Our current research topics are
• Economic Analysis of Conflict and Violence
• Human Security
• Urban Security
• Conflict Measurement
• Demographic Impact of Violence and Conflict in
  Colombia

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Conflict in Colombia

• Left-wing guerrillas FARC (big) and ELN
  (small), illegal right-wing paramilitaries and
  government forces.
• Has been going on for a long time, possibly four
  decades depending on how you count.
• Low intensity roughly 2,000 deaths per year
  over the last 16 years.
• Is linked with mass criminality, including drug
  dealing (coca and heroin), kidnapping, extortion,
  land and cattle theft, etc.

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Methodology

• Periodicals from a local NGO, Justicia y Paz,
  lists events compiled from primary sources and
  from local and national press reports.
• We begin with these reports to create an
  event-based dataset.
• We include only clear conflict events, requiring
  each event to have a military effect and to
  reflect a group action.

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Methodology

• The team investigates all big events plus a large
  random sample of smaller events.
• CERAC also has event lists from numerous other
  sources which we are gradually integrating.
• Presently we are integrating very comprehensive
  media coverage, even radio, going back to 2001.
  We hope that this will eventually allow us to
  update the data on a daily basis.

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CERAC Dataset

• Covers the years 1988 first half of 2005.
• Contains more than 21,000 events with a set of
  characteristics for each one.

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CERAC Dataset

• Date.
• Participants - left-wing guerrillas, government
  forces and right-wing paramilitaries.
• Type of event clash vs. attack with attacks
  divided into more than 40 categories.

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CERAC Dataset

• Important attack types include massacres,
  bombings, attacks on economic infrastructure,
  incursions and aerial bombardments.
• Location departments (states or counties),
  municipalities and points for many events.
• Casualties killings and injuries of guerrillas,
  government forces, paramilitaries and civilians.

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SARAC

• SARAC is an information system for analysis and
  registration of conflict actions.
• Developed at CERAC.
• Is in the implementation phase for Colombia and
  Perú.

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