Data editor guidelines -general-

Introduction

The Data Editor Guidelines — guidelines for data entry — have been developed to provide instructi...

1.1 Land Matrix data policy

The Land Matrix Initiative has an open data policy that aims to provide information on large-scal...

1.2 Land Matrix deal definition: What is a land deal?

The Land Matrix defines a land deal as any intended, concluded, or failed attempt to acquire land...

1.3 Minimum information criteria

For a deal recorded in the Land Matrix database to be publicly accessible on the Land Matrix webs...

1.4 Accuracy of information and conflicting information

Information on large-scale land investments is often fragmentary and, in some cases, it is diff...

1.5 Subsumed deals

The Land Matrix records individual large-scale land acquisitions that meet the criteria defined i...

1.6 Year-/date-based data

To be able to track the evolution of a deal over time, so-called year-/date-based variables were ...