[OpenSpending] Updating Moldova BOOST data

Tue Jul 16 12:39:16 UTC 2013

Victoria - Many thanks for telling us about the BOOST Moldova update and sending the download link, much appreciated.

Friedrich - I have the Moldovan/Romanian BOOST dataset version for 2005 to 2010, I don't know if that would be any use for you? Maybe you can combine it with the 2008-2012 update into one CSV file?

For anyone that is interested I have updated the health and education sector comparison of the BOOST data with GovernmentSpendingWatch data using the new BOOST data, and again they are almost identical, see attached picture files. To clarify, data from Government Spending Watch uses official Government budget, outcome and MTEF documents, which is why there is also planned expenditure (original budget, but we have revision data on file too) as well as future projections in the attached picture files.

All the best,

Richard

  ----- Original Message -----
  From: Friedrich Lindenberg 
  To: Victoria Vlad 
  Cc: OpenSpending Discussion List ; Richard Watts 
  Sent: Tuesday, July 16, 2013 12:08 PM
  Subject: Re: [OpenSpending] Updating Moldova BOOST data

  The data seems to be in the exact same format (got to love BOOST), so updating the data is merely a matter of converting the sheet to CSV and importing it. The only concern I have is that this a Moldovan/Romanian dataset while the previous version we had was in English. This may lead to duplications in the data. Is English available for 2012? 

  Cheers, 

  - Friedrich 

  On Mon, Jul 15, 2013 at 10:22 AM, Victoria Vlad <victoriavlad at expert-grup.org> wrote:

    Hi, Friedrich, 

    BOOST data on OpenSpending is not updated (there is data on 2005 - 2010). New data on 2011 and 2012 (it can be downloaded from this direct link: ftp://80.97.59.110:54346/Analiza%20cheltuielilor%20(incl.%20capitale)%20pe%20anii%202008-2012/Moldova%20BOOST%20v1.6_consolidated%20BNP_exp%202008-2012%20(md).xlsx) was published on the website of the Ministry of Finance last week.

    2008 - 2012 data is nicely arranged in excel tab "Data": there are 921806 rows of detailed budget spending data, out of which 425081 rows data for 2011 and 2012. Since you've uploaded BOOST data for 2005 - 2010, would you be available for a Skype talk to discuss data update on OpenSpending.org?

    Kind regards,
    Victoria Vlad
    Economist, Public Sector: Economy, Management and Finance

    E-mail: victoriavlad at expert-grup.org
    Phone: +373 22 929 994
    Web: expert-grup.org

    On Sun, Jul 14, 2013 at 11:07 AM, Friedrich Lindenberg <friedrich.lindenberg at okfn.org> wrote:

      Hey Anders,

      you may also want to check http://openspending.org/md-boost, although I'm not sure if there is an updated dataset. 

      Cheers, 

       - Friedrich 

      On Fri, Jul 12, 2013 at 2:12 PM, Anders Pedersen <anders.pedersen at okfn.org> wrote:

        Hi Victoria, Richard, all

        At the community hangout last week Richard from Government Spending Watch mentioned that Moldova is publishing granular expenditure data from the BOOST program of the World Bank. I wondered if Victoria and Expert Grup would have an interest in this data? 

        @Victoria: I have added the link for the data at: progress.openspending.org. If you have links to more updated the expenditure data, could you update the information?

        It would be great to see the data make it onto OpenSpending, and collaborate around finding ways to look into it! 

        Anders

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