Significant gaps in the availability and comparability of local finance data, especially at municipal and regional levels, have long limited the assessment of subnational government capacity and the monitoring of disparities across and within countries.
To fill these gaps, the OECD and the European Union (DG REGIO) created two unique cross-country databases in 2024: REGOFI (regional finance) and MUNIFI (municipal finance). Both are available in aggregated and disaggregated versions, as well as a pilot database on subnational public employment.
Building on this work, the second phase of the project (2025–2027), funded by DG REGIO, expands the databases by extending the time series from 2010 to 2024, filling data gaps and increasing coverage to more than 125 000 municipalities and 600 regions across OECD and EU countries.
This project aims to support deeper analysis of regional and municipal fiscal and governance frameworks. An Advisory Group, composed of high-level experts, meets regularly with the project team to discuss ongoing debates on fiscal resilience and multi-level governance.
Members of the Advisory Group are:
- Agnese Sacchi - University of Urbino (Italy), and WP editor of IDEAGOV
- Enid Slack - University of Toronto (Canada), Director of the Institute on Municipal Finance and Governance
- Santiago Lago Peñas - University of Santiago de Compostela (Spain), and Director of IDEAGOV
- Thierry Madiès - University of Fribourg (Switzerland), Chair of International and Regional Economics