Ingredients of an open data investigation
EITI Global Conference Lima, Peru - 23rd February 2016
value of jade trade
US$31 billion in 2014
Jade is a key driver of conflict
in Kachin Province
Conflict has claimed
hundreds of lives
Displaced over 100,000
people
Frantic jade extraction in Kachin has turned mountains into craters, polluted lakes &
streams and caused widespread flooding
Heroin and methamphetamine use is rife
amongst jade miners in Kachin State harming local
communities
was essential to the investigation
Bulk data could look through hundreds of
companies and thousands of directors for leads
Free civil society groups can use it
Archival stored information from the official company registry which had been
taken down
over 98,000,000 companies available as open data
Fuzzy matchingpolitician_name director_name politician_id director_id distance_id
Daw Khin Hmwe Lwin Daw Khin Hmwe Lwin 5/MAKANA(NAING)003265 5/MAKANA(NAING)003265 0
U Nay Win Tun U Nay Win Swe 13/TAKANA(NAING)044190 13/TAKANA(NAING)044190 0
Wunna Kyawhtin U Htay Myint 12/LAMATA(NAING)009960 12/LAMATA(NAING)009960 0
U Tun Thein U Htun Thein @ Tun Tun 1/MAKANA(NAING)028072 9/MAKANA(NAING)028072 1
U La John Ngan Hsai Daw S Khaung Nan 1/MAKANA(NAING)078072 1/MAKANA(NAING)078032 1
U Za Khon Tein Ring U Za Khon Taint Yain 1/MAKANA(NAING)053117 9/MAKANA(NAING)053117 1
U Ohn Myint Daw Nu Nu Swe 12/YAKANA(NAING)010442 12/YAKANA(NAING)010443 1
Fuzzy matching
politician_name director_name politician_id director_id distance
U Ohn Myint Daw Nu Nu Swe 12/YAKANA(NAING)010442 12/YAKANA(NAING)010443 1
The sessionDemo the tools we used in the investigation in more detail for PDF extraction, fuzzy matching and network mapping
Brainstorm data gaps, tools and communities needed for more effective open data investigations
Discuss strategies for helping engage a wider audience around your data investigation
By Moses Harris (1731-1785) via Wikimedia Commons