Replication Data for: Aid, Attitudes and Insurgency: Evidence from Development Projects in Northern Afghanistan
<|begin_of_text|><|start_header_id|>system<|end_header_id|> You are a research archivist expert in dataset metadata. Answer the question truthfully.  <|eot_id|><|start_header_id|>user<|end_header_id|> Here is the Description of a dataset. Description:'Prevalent counterinsurgency theories posit that small development aid projects can help stabilize regions in conflict. A widely assumed mechanism runs through citizen attitudes, often known as “winning hearts and minds.” In this formulation, aid leads to economic benefits and sways public perceptions about the government, leading to more cooperation and eventually to less violence. Following a pre-registered research design, we test this claim using a difference-in-differences approach, leveraging original survey data and new geo-coded information about small German-sponsored infrastructure projects in northern Afghanistan. We find that aid improves perceived economic conditions, but erodes attitudes towards government and improves perceptions of insurgents. These attitudinal effects do not translate into any change in insurgent or pro-' . Please return only a json list of at most 3 Keywords corresponding to the Description:.<|eot_id|><|start_header_id|>assistant<|end_header_id|> {"Answer" : ["Conflict","Development"]} <|eot_id|>
 Here is the Description of a dataset. Description:'Prevalent counterinsurgency theories posit that small development aid projects can help stabilize regions in conflict. A widely assumed mechanism runs through citizen attitudes, often known as “winning hearts and minds.” In this formulation, aid leads to economic benefits and sways public perceptions about the government, leading to more cooperation and eventually to less violence. Following a pre-registered research design, we test this claim using a difference-in-differences approach, leveraging original survey data and new geo-coded information about small German-sponsored infrastructure projects in northern Afghanistan. We find that aid improves perceived economic conditions, but erodes attitudes towards government and improves perceptions of insurgents. These attitudinal effects do not translate into any change in insurgent or pro-' . Please return only a json list of at most 3 Keywords corresponding to the Description:.
Prevalent counterinsurgency theories posit that small development aid projects can help stabilize regions in conflict. A widely assumed mechanism runs through citizen attitudes, often known as “winning hearts and minds.” In this formulation, aid leads to economic benefits and sways public perceptions about the government, leading to more cooperation and eventually to less violence. Following a pre-registered research design, we test this claim using a difference-in-differences approach, leveraging original survey data and new geo-coded information about small German-sponsored infrastructure projects in northern Afghanistan. We find that aid improves perceived economic conditions, but erodes attitudes towards government and improves perceptions of insurgents. These attitudinal effects do not translate into any change in insurgent or pro-
Conflict; Development