[OpenSpending] Good examples of fiscal data visualisation?

Tarek Amr tarekamr at gmail.com
Mon Jun 29 10:44:27 UTC 2015


Hi Jonathan,

There is (http://mwazna.com/en/) from Egypt, government budget visualisation

Mwazna, budget ins and outs
http://mwazna.com/en/



On Sat, Jun 27, 2015 at 4:32 PM, Jonathan Gray <jonathan.gray at okfn.org>
wrote:

> Thanks so much to everyone for sending in so many more great examples!
>
> I've added suggestions from emails, mailing lists, social media and this
> forum thread to the spreadsheet, and our collection now includes over 220
> examples.
>
> Here's the spreadsheet:
>
> https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1xZraa0vR_90DXZIj7luvK_x19BH0adewZ3xLgb3ygpk/edit#gid=0
>
> Here's the forum thread:
> https://discuss.okfn.org/t/good-examples-of-fiscal-data-visualisation/426/5
>
> If anyone else has any more examples (particularly from geographical
> regions which are currently under-represented, innovative visual forms, or
> less prominently discussed aspects of fiscal policy) - we'd love to hear
> about them.
>
> Or if you have ideas about other people/organisations we could contact to
> ask, please let me know.
>
> Also interested in historical examples. On that note, here's an
> interesting one from the US in 1830:
> https://twitter.com/jwyg/status/614802447333224448
>
> All the best,
>
> Jonathan
>
>
> On 13 June 2015 at 16:19, Jonathan Gray <jonathan.gray at okfn.org> wrote:
>
>>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> I'm currently collecting examples of fiscal data visualisations for a
>> research project. The project is looking at how different kinds of
>> visualisations and visual elements are used to narrate public finances -
>> whether by journalists, civil society organisations or public sector bodies.
>>
>> Once we have collected a decent corpus of examples, we will do a bit of
>> analysis. In the medium term I hope this will become a useful reference for
>> those interested in using data visualisation for advocacy and/or journalism
>> around public finances.
>>
>> I've started out with an initial list of 165 different projects, but am
>> keen to include:
>>
>>   * More examples from around the world;
>>   * More examples of different kinds of visualisations and visual
>> approaches - especially those that go beyond top-down overviews and
>> spending over time;
>>   * More examples of different types of stories and narratives around
>> public finance. For example many projects focus on top beneficiaries or
>> ranking departments, but I'm keen to see more compelling examples looking
>> at things like tax revenue and tax distribution, comparisons of spending
>> per capita in different areas, trans-national comparisons, etc.
>>
>> The list so far is available here:
>>
>>
>> https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1xZraa0vR_90DXZIj7luvK_x19BH0adewZ3xLgb3ygpk/edit#gid=0
>>
>> If any of you can think of examples to add, please do pop me an email,
>> ping me on Twitter (at @jwyg), or add to the following forum thread:
>>
>> https://discuss.okfn.org/t/good-examples-of-fiscal-data-visualisation/426
>>
>> Many thanks for your help!
>>
>> Jonathan
>>
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>>
>> Jonathan Gray
>>
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>
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> Jonathan Gray
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Tarek Amr

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