[OpenSpending] Spending data question

[Milena Marin]

Hi Sam,


Thanks a lot for the pointers, this is very useful!

The concept for this expedition is not yet fully developed but the idea 
was to look at spending data over time before and during the financial 
crisis and understand where governments are actually cutting costs and 
how they behave over time, as well as compare some troubled economies 
like Greece, Ireland, etc.

So if anyone knows if I can find spending or budget data from Greece, 
Ireland, Cyprus, etc. for several years (ideally 2006 - 2012), this 
would be much appreciated

I will keep you all in the loop with how this goes!

Best,

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On 20 August 2013 15:56:49, slee23 at worldbank.org wrote:
> Hi Anders & Milena,
>
> Just wanted to refer you to the World Bank's data- here's a
> visualization
> <https://finances.worldbank.org/dataset/IBRD-Commitments-Gross-Disbursements-and-Net-Disbu/5g32-j93p> that
> shows a bump in IBRD commitments and disbursements during the
> financial crisis. While not the same as government spending, an
> increase in the Bank's lending activities should be positively
> correlated to a government's spending. The raw data for this specific
> visualization can be found here
> <https://finances.worldbank.org/dataset/IBRD-and-IDA-Operational-Summary/jeqz-f7mn>,
> and of course more granular data can be found on the
> finances.worldbank.org <https://finances.worldbank.org/> site.
>
> Curious to learn more about the exercise/study- hope this is helpful!
>
> Sam
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> Inactive hide details for Anders Pedersen ---08/20/2013 08:21:44
> AM---Hi all, Over at School of Data, Milena and Michael are cuAnders
> Pedersen ---08/20/2013 08:21:44 AM---Hi all, Over at School of Data,
> Milena and Michael are currently looking to explore
>
> From: Anders Pedersen <anders.pedersen at okfn.org>
> To: OpenSpending Discussion List <openspending at lists.okfn.org>
> Cc: Milena Marin <milena.marin at okfn.org>
> Date: 08/20/2013 08:21 AM
> Subject: Re: [OpenSpending] Spending data question
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>
>
> Hi all,
>
> Over at School of Data, Milena and Michael are currently looking to
> explore government spending data during the financial crisis
> (2006-2012). I would be really interested to hear if any of you can
> suggest good data sources to share on this topic!
>
> For sources on government spending data, I would suggest:
> - Eurostat: The link for the section on government finances is
> available here (with 2012 being the most recent figures):
> _http://epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/portal/page/portal/government_finance_statistics/data/database_
> - OECD/IMF: Their annual reports should be useful as well.
> - Other?
>
> Do any of you have links or sources to share for tracing government
> spending during the crisis?
>
> Best,
> Anders
>
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