GQ-1c

On these websites/portals, can disaggregated revenue and expenditure data in consolidated, machine-readable files be downloaded for multiple years in consistent formats? If yes, please provide the necessary links and details in the comment/citation. For more information on machine readability, see: http://opendatahandbook.org
 * a. Yes, both revenue and expenditure data can be downloaded for multiple years in consistent formats
 * b. Yes, but only expenditure data can be downloaded for multiple years in consistent formats
 * c. Yes, but only revenue data can be downloaded for multiple years in consistent formats
 * d. No, neither expenditure nor revenue data can be downloaded for multiple years in consistent formats

Guidelines
GQ-1b, GQ-1c, and GQ-1d ask about whether governments publish specific types of content on their websites/portals: (a) consolidated files that contain revenue/expenditure information for the current fiscal year; (b) consolidated files that contain revenue/expenditure information for multiple years in consistent formats; and (c) infographics/visualizations or other similar tools used to simplify data access and analysis. Researchers should provide the links to relevant webpages and some explanations of what they contain.

1) Consolidated files
A note on consolidated files: It is okay to have expenditure and revenue as two separate files, and it is also okay if each year is published as a separate Excel (e.g. Georgia with a separate Excel file with allocated expenditures and revenues published with each approved budget). At minimum, we need data for at least two years, with at least one level of detail below the total aggregate value: for expenditures, data for at least one expenditure classification, administrative, economic or functional, and for revenues, data for revenues by category or by individual sources. The best option would be to have a very detailed dataset, i.e., every single individual item of expenditure per year.

2) Citations
Be sure to include the link to the page where one can download the data. Links to a general website should not be accepted. If data are available from multiple sites/pages, be sure to provide a few examples of where they can be downloaded. Overlap between the datasets used to answer this question and annexes provided with a specific budget document (such as the EBP or IYRs) is OK.

3) Would we accept files with consolidated revenue and expenditure data that are published on the website of the central bank?
Yes. We would accept this information for this question. See Botswana in OBS 2019.