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Explore our publications on a wide range of topics, to find the powerful facts, stories and approaches that underpin our work to make the extractive industry more open, accountable and participatory.
Open Letter to the French Minister for the Economy and Finance on Open Data
Read the signed pdf version here Mr Michel Sapin, French Minister for the Economy and Finance, 139, Rue de Bercy 75012 Paris Dear Minister, As Publish What You Pay ‘Data Extractors’, we are writing as a group of civil society activists from around the world, united in our desire to use data from the oil, […]
Open Data: the extractive industries case study
Greater transparency is a first and necessary step in the fight against corruption. However, behind this concept of transparency, real issues of accessibility and data quality are at stake. Publishing data in itself is not enough if access is restricted and the format inoperable. To take the process of transparency all the way, this information […]
Extractives data: how the world has changed, and what lies ahead
We’re at the OGP summit in Paris demonstrating how the flurry of extractives data we have seen in the last few years can empower people. It remains difficult to get a full picture of company activities, due to a lack of comparable, openly available data; and an absence of certain data such as contracts. Through […]
Against All Odds – The perils of fighting for natural resource justice
All over the world there is an evident growing backlash against activists and campaigners who ask for a fair use of their countries’ natural resources. In 2015 alone 185 activists fighting to protect the environment and for transparency in oil, gas and mining, have been killed, including the high profile death of Berta Cáceres in […]
Natural Resources Justice Network pens UNESCO World Heritage Committee on oil exploration in Lake Malawi National Park
Lilongwe, Malawi, 17 November 2016: The Natural Resources Justice Network (NRJN) and its affiliated chapter of Publish What You Pay (PWYP) Malawi have sent a letter to the UNESCO World Heritage Committee over concerns about the integrity of Lake Malawi National Park asking the Committee to take immediate action to protect the park and to […]
Read our interactive story: The Deadly Mines of Indonesia
Read the interactive version here It was a hot and humid July day in Sambutan, Indonesia. Junaidi, his brother Ramadhani and their neighbour Miftahul were running and shouting as they raced each other down dirt paths of the spiraling mining pit. Each child was trying to be the first to reach the enticing turquoise pool […]
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. We need to use data for the simple reason that it’s available left, right and centre. As advocates, data scientists, government officials, campaigners, and ordinary citizens, we have the key to making meaningful change happen in our own […]
EITI reaffirms its commitment to protecting independent voices at its Astana Board Meeting
On 25 and 26 October, the 35th EITI International Board meeting took place in Astana, Kazakhstan. During this meeting, key agenda topics included the protection of civil society organisations and activists by the EITI and the decision on whether or not to suspend Azerbaijan, after its EITI status was downgraded in April 2015 due to […]
Missing tax refunds from Zambian government directly affects mining communities
Africa’s largest copper mine is owed over 75% of its tax refunds from the Zambian government, Publish What You Pay (PWYP) Zambia has discovered. The Kansanshi mine, owned by Kansanshi Mining PLC and ZCCM, is still waiting to receive millions of US dollars in Value Added Tax (VAT) refunds from the Zambian Revenue Agency. Despite […]
Stop harassment of Civil Society in Azerbaijan
Twenty-five years since its independence from the Soviet Union, Azerbaijan is the most authoritarian it has ever been. As the country’s oil revenues decline, the government crackdown on civil society organisations and activists has sharpened. The targets are people who speak out about corruption, human rights violations, and economic inequality. They have been jailed, harassed, […]
