Foundational Datasets, Data Products, & Sample Indicators#
Foundational Datasets#
Foundational Datasets refer to all datasets used in the analytics prepared for a project. The Foundational Datasets table includes a description of the data and their update frequency, as well as access links and contact information for questions about use and access. Users should not require any datasets not included in this table to complete the analytical work for the Data Good.
Following is list of all Foundational Datasets used in this Data Good:
Note
Project Sharepoint links are only accessible to the project team. For permissions to access these data, please write to the contact provided.
Where feasible, all datasets that can be obtained through the Development Data Hub have been placed in a special collection: TBD
ID |
Name |
Description |
License |
Update Frequency |
Access |
Contact |
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1 |
Lebanon Admin Boundaries |
Admin boundaries up to level 4 |
Open Access |
Last updated 2020 |
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2 |
ACLED Conflict Data |
Timestamped, geolocated points where conflict events and fatalities were reported by local network and news. |
Subscription of the World Bank |
Daily |
ACLED Data Tool; Project SharePoint |
Sahiti Sarva, Data Lab |
3 |
UCDP Conflict Data |
Timestamped, geolocated points where conflict took place collected based on news by Uppsala Univeritet. |
Open Access |
Daily |
Holly Krambeck, Data Lab |
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4 |
Nightime Lights |
Nighttime lights from VIIRS/Black Marble |
Open Access |
Daily |
Project SharePoint |
Rob Marty, DIME |
5 |
Automatic Identification System data |
Ship location data aggregated by Spire made available through a UN collaboration. (Available from 1 Dec 2018 - 31 Aug 2022) |
Proprietary |
Daily |
Project SharePoint |
Andres Chamorro, GOST |
6 |
Population Data |
High Resolution Population Density Maps from Meta |
Proprietary |
Last updated in 2020 |
Sahiti Sarva, Data Lab |
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7 |
Air Pollution Data |
NO2 levels were extracted from Google Earth Engine. |
Open Access |
Daily |
Project SharePoint |
Sahiti Sarva, Data Lab |
8 |
Mobility data |
Longitudinal panel of human mobility data from veraset |
Proprietary (Accessed through the Development Data Partnership) |
Daily |
Gabriel Stefanini Vicente, Data Lab |
Data Products are produced using the Foundational Datasets and can be further used to generate indicators and insights. All Data Products include documentation, references to original data sources (and/or information on how to access them), and a description of their limitations.
Following is a summary of Data Products used in this Data Good:
ID |
Name |
Description |
Access |
Limitations |
Foundational datasets used |
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A |
Changes in observed nightitme lights |
Yearly and monthly aggregated remote sensing data used to derive changes in observed nighttime lights |
1,4 |
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B |
Trade Estimation using AIS data |
Estimating trade activity through ports to and from Syria using shipping data |
1,5 |
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C |
Changes in observed conflict |
Analysing changes in conflict |
1,2,3 |
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D |
Population and Demographics |
Comparing multiple population related datasources |
Analysis on the web book |
1,6,8 |
Sample Indicators#
Indicators can be derived from a combination of Foundational Datasets and Data Products. By combining Foundational Datasets and Data Products, teams can, on-demand, develop a large array of indicators to meet their project needs. Indicators can presented side-by-side in an Excel workbook – a format that is generally accessible to the widest audiences. Because all indicators are based on the same underlying data, they are comparable with each other, across geographies and across time.
For this project, sample indicators have been derived and aggregated at the governorate level and by year, to show changing trends in each governorate over time.