[OpenSpending] Spending data question

[Andrew Stott]

The IMF data is not open! - see the T&Cs at
http://www.imf.org/external/terms.htm 

 

Moreover anything that requires Microsoft Silverlight probably means that
the data is not re-usable.

 

Do we need to agitate to get the IMF to follow the World Bank's example on
Open Data?!

 

Regards

 

Andrew Stott

 

From: openspending-bounces at lists.okfn.org
[mailto:openspending-bounces at lists.okfn.org] On Behalf Of Marc Joffe
Sent: 21 August 2013 19:53
To: 'OpenSpending Discussion List'
Subject: Re: [OpenSpending] Spending data question

 

Milena/Michael

 

Late last year I compiled some sovereign revenue and expenditure data from
Eurostat and other sources at http://www.publicsectorcredit.org/sovdef.

 

I blogged about this project on OKFN at
http://blog.okfn.org/2013/01/31/sovereign-credit-risk-an-open-database/

 

One source we used was the IMF World Economic Outlook database. See
http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/weo/2013/01/weodata/download.aspx. I
also see that they are making a subset of the data available on Google at
http://www.google.com/publicdata/overview?ds=k3s92bru78li6_.

 

IMF also has Government Finance Statistics, which may require a subscription
or library visit to access.  I see some free data available at
http://elibrary-data.imf.org/FindDataReports.aspx?d=33061
<http://elibrary-data.imf.org/FindDataReports.aspx?d=33061&e=170809>
&e=170809 but you will need Microsoft's Silverlight browser add-in to use
this.

 

Regards,

Marc Joffe

 

From: openspending-bounces at lists.okfn.org
[mailto:openspending-bounces at lists.okfn.org] On Behalf Of Anders Pedersen
Sent: Tuesday, August 20, 2013 5:02 AM
To: OpenSpending Discussion List
Cc: Milena Marin
Subject: Re: [OpenSpending] Spending data question

 

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_stati
stics/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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