Replication Data for UNODC and WHO Drug Policy Change Study

Original empirical material examines policy change in international organizations like the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime and the World Health Organization. The data supports a study on bureaucratic entrepreneurship and earmarked funding's role in organizational adaptation. It was authored by Nele Kortendiek and last updated in April 2026.

Use Cases

• Analyzing the relationship between earmarked funding and policy change based on the project IO concept.
• Comparing organizational features like mandate and culture between UNODC and WHO as described.
• Modeling pathways to informal policy adaptation based on operational versus regulatory work orientations.

Strengths

• Data is linked to a peer-reviewed study published in International Studies Quarterly.
• Last updated on 2026-04-13, indicating recent maintenance.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

Nele Kortendiek, International Studies Quarterly Dataverse

Collection Method

Original empirical material collected for the study.

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Freshness

2026-04-13

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