How can I use open data about Haiti for a portfolio project?
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I want a data portfolio project that's relevant to Haiti rather than the usual Titanic dataset. Where can I find data, and what kind of project would impress employers?
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Great idea. Local relevance makes a project memorable, and it shows you can work with messy real-world data.
Where to look - World Bank Open Data and IMF datasets: GDP, inflation, remittances, education and health indicators (with APIs). - Humanitarian Data Exchange (HDX): many Haiti datasets (population, administrative boundaries, infrastructure, food security). - OpenStreetMap: roads, schools, health facilities. Haiti has an active mapping community. - National institutions: statistics and census publications (IHSI), central bank exchange-rate and economic series (BRH). - Climate and weather data from global providers (NASA POWER, Copernicus) for any coordinates.
Project ideas that impress - A dashboard of the HTG/USD exchange rate and inflation over time, with an automated monthly refresh pipeline. - Access to health facilities: travel distance per commune using OSM data and geospatial analysis (GeoPandas). - Remittances vs economic indicators: a clear written analysis with charts. - Rainfall and crop calendar tools for specific regions.
What makes it portfolio-grade: a clear question, documented data cleaning, reproducible code (repo + README), honest limitations, and a written conclusion a non-technical reader understands. Always check each dataset's license and cite sources.
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