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• Oct 2026

• Oct 2026

  How can we responsibly leverage AI in analyzing extractives data?

  AI use in the extractives is on the rise. How can maximize its use while mitigating the risks?

• Mar 2020

  Reflections on my 5-year open extractives data journey

  On my first week at Bantay Kita - PWYP Philippines back in June 2015, I was tasked to create primers using subnational data from the Philippine EITI report.

• Feb 2020

  Who wins if Zimbabwe joins the EITI?

  Recent news, which the government has not refused, suggested that Zimbabwe is not keen on joining the Extractive Industry Transparency Initiative (EITI).

• Jan 2020

  Five concrete ways communities can maximize the new EITI Standard

  The new Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) Standard is like the latest smartphone in the market - it is fancy on the outside but packed with useful features on...

• Aug 2017

  Have Westerosis benefited from their natural resources?

  Gold, silver, iron, and copper in Westeros has been exploited for centuries yet extraction only benefited a few great houses and their lords and ladies.

• Nov 2016

  Why we need financial modeling

  Prices of oil and minerals can go really high. A country may benefit given the right fiscal regime.

• Oct 2016

  5+ tools every data extractor needs to know

  Asking why we need to use data is like asking why we fall in love or breathe.

• Oct 2016

  Making open data work for communities in the Philippines

  There are two types of disclosures.

• Jul 2016

  Why we need relevant data

  Data can be simply numbers for some while for others it can mean either having livelihood projects or none at all.