World Bank Launches 'Nepal Fiscal Dashboard' for Three-Tier Government Financial Data

Kathmandu. Financial indicators for all three tiers of government can now be viewed through the 'Nepal Fiscal Dashboard'.

Through this dashboard prepared by the World Bank Nepal, budget, revenue, expenditure, debt, and financial indicators for the federal, provincial, and local governments can be viewed, analyzed, and downloaded in one place.

The World Bank Group presented on this topic at a program organized by the Nepal Economic Journalists Association (NEJA) on Friday. It was stated that data related to the revenue, expenditure, and debt of the country's three tiers of government can be obtained from the dashboard, which was made public last month.

This dashboard will provide budget, revenue sources, and expenditure for the federal, provincial, and local levels individually. All this data has been brought onto a single 'platform' to make it 'visualizable' and analyzable. The bank stated that this dashboard is interactive and user-friendly within an integrated system.

The dashboard includes historical data from the year 2018 to 2022. The bank stated that new data will be updated progressively. Data sources used include budget speeches, integrated financial statements published by the Office of the Auditor General, and data from public entities such as Nepal Rastra Bank.

It was mentioned that no permission is required to use the dashboard and anyone can use it freely. However, since the data comes from government sources, it was suggested that citing the source would be appropriate.

NEJA President Menuka Karki expressed confidence that the data available on the dashboard will be very useful for economic journalism because the data analysis will be easy. She suggested that users should request the availability of the dashboard in the Nepali language, the addition of a feature to compare with other South Asian countries, and regular updates.