For the past year, OpenOil has researched various aspects of open data on extractive industries. First we looked at corporate mapping – creating a network map of BP’s 1,200 subsidiaries across 84 countries with our colleagues at OpenCorporates. Then, with …

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11 August 2015 Eddie Rich The EITI as a tool for bringing the benefits of natural resources to citizens. Many important points were made at last month’s Financing for Development Conference in Addis, Ethiopia. Moving from declarations to actions will …

The relationship between extractives and financing development Read more »

13 April 2015 Eddie Rich Day 1 of Board programme in the Congos: 13 April A Board delegation visits a school close to the Katanga mine in Lubumbashi, DRC. Image: EITI International Secretariat. This week promises to be a monumental …

A Tale of Three Cities Read more »