Performance Indicator Datasets

"Performance data" refers to datasets that can be used to assess the influence of IEAs. They consist of country-year data on the behavior or environmental quality targeted by the IEA. Datasets can be accessed through the "External" links; local copies are available for when links become outdated or datasets are removed from the web.

  • To identify specific Agreements related to a given dataset, click on the appropriate LINEAGE link.
  • Original Data FILE links are copies of the original source data kept on the IEA server to maintain copies when URLs change or data is deleted.
  • Original Data LINKS go directly to the original source for the data provided here.
  • For environmental performance indicator datasets not yet linked to specific agreements, click here.
  • For NON-environmental indicator datasets (economic, demographic, etc.) that may be useful in an analysis, click here.
  • Reformatted data in a standard Excel format designed by the IEA Project to increase compatibility across datasets will be made available soon.
Lineage Dataset Namesort descending Variables Included Year Coverage Countries Original Data File Original Data Link
Locusts Agriculture - Locust Plagues - By Region "Global Desert Locust plagues and recessions by region" and "Territories infested (actual and inferred) by Desert Locust during plagues and recessions, 1860-2005" (Source: van Huis, Arnold, Keith Cressman, and Joyce I. Magor. 2007. Preventing desert locust plagues: optimizing management interventions. Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata 122:191–214.) 1920-2005 Global Local Copy External Website
Locusts Agriculture - Locust Plagues - Global "Plague and recession periods of the Desert Locust, 1860-2000" and "Global Desert Locust recessions, upsurges, plagues, and declines" (periods and number of countries infested) (Source: Symmons, P. M., and Keith Cressman. 2001. Biology and behavior. In Desert locust guidelines (2nd edition). Rome: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.) 1860-2000 Global Local Copy External Website
Locusts Agriculture - Locust Plagues - Middle East "Plagues and recessions of the Desert Locust in the Middle East and elsewhere, 1860-1977" and "Desert Locust swarms in the Middle East, 1860 and 1997" (Source: Cressman, Keith. 1998. Monitoring locusts in the Middle East: an overview. Yale F&ES Bulletin 103:123-140.) 1860-1977 Middle East Local Copy External Website
Locusts Agriculture - Locust-Related Literature #1 - Global Literature database for locusts and grasshoppers (Acrididae). Some of the articles in this database may have specific annual data on locust plagues. External Website
Locusts Agriculture - Locust-Related Literature #2 - Global Literature database for locusts. External Website