Regional Organizations Competencies Database 1945-2020

73 regional international organizations from 1945 to 2020 are documented in this database, which tracks changes in their internal and external policy competencies over time. The data is derived from the organizations' primary law documents, providing a structured view of their evolving mandates.

Use Cases

• Analyze the evolution of external policy competencies across 73 regional organizations from 1945 to 2020.
• Compare the development of internal versus external policy mandates specified in primary law documents.
• Study temporal patterns in policy competency changes among regional international organizations (RIOs).

Strengths

• Covers a long temporal range from 1945 to 2020.
• Includes data on 73 distinct regional international organizations (RIOs).
• Focuses on policy competencies derived from authoritative primary law documents.

Limitations

• The specific number of data rows, columns, and file formats is not provided.
• Sample data is unavailable for previewing structure and content.
• Geographic or organizational bias is not detailed, limiting assessment of representativeness.

Provenance

Source

Harvard Dataverse, authored by Diana Panke.

Collection Method

Coded from the primary law documents of regional international organizations.

Time Range

1945 to 2020

Freshness

Updated as of version 2.0, with a record last updated date of 2026-01-26.

Geography

Global coverage of regional organizations, specific regions not detailed.