This document discusses international experiences with using information and communication technologies (ICT) to increase government transparency. It provides examples of ICT initiatives in several countries that have helped make more public expenditure data available and accessible to citizens. These include initiatives in Moldova that published aggregate budget data online, created a centralized excel file of all public expenditures, and developed indices to allow equity analysis of education spending. The document concludes that as governments provide more raw data to citizens, it empowers civil society to analyze the information, hold the government accountable, and demand changes in policy based on data-driven insights.