Minorities at Risk (MAR) Project, Center for International Development and Conflict Management (CIDCM)

Summary

Center for International Development and Conflict Management (CIDCM): Minorities at Risk (MAR) Project

The Minorities at Risk (MAR) Project is a University of Maryland based research project that monitors and analyzes the status and conflicts of politically-active communal groups in all countries with a current population of at least 500,000. The MAR project currently maintains data on 284 politically active ethnic groups. The centerpiece of the project is a dataset that tracks groups on political, economic, and cultural dimensions from 1960. See https://cidcm.umd.edu/research/all-minorities-risk-project

Tables In IFs

Variable	Definition	Last IFs Update	UsedInPreprocessor
MAREconDiscrimAggreg	Minorities at risk:  Level of aggregate economic discrimination to minority groups	4/1/2010	0
MAREconDiscrimLimitMeas	Minorities at risk:  Limited measure of  economic discrimination to minority groups	4/1/2010	0
MARPolDiscrimAggreg	Minorities at risk:  Level of aggregate political discrimination to minority groups	4/1/2010	0
MARPolDiscrimLimitMeas	Minorities at risk:  Limited measure of  political discrimination to minority groups	4/1/2010	0

Data Pulling Instructions

1. Go to http://www.mar.umd.edu/mar_data.asp#quantitativemar
2. Download "Current data release (2004-2006): marupdate_20042006.csv"

Data Notes

The last update was completed in February 2009 for the years 2004-2006.