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  • Comparing Costs of Living Across World Cities (English)

    This paper compares costs of living across world cities. The international comparison program (ICP) reports price levels across world economies in its calculation of purchasing power parity through an...

    Document Type: Journal Article Report No.: 160964 Document Date: February 1, 2020 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Nakamura,Shohei,Harati,Rawaa,Lall,Somik V.,Dikhanov,Yuri M.,Hamadeh,Nada,Vigil Oliver,William,Rissanen,Marko Olavi,Yamanaka,Mizuki

  • Poverty-specific purchasing power parities in Africa (English)

    The paper revisits the issue of poverty-specific purchasing power parities (PPPs), using the most recent (2011) International Comparison Program (ICP) results. The World Bank's global poverty count uses...

    Document Type: Policy Research Working Paper Report No.: WPS8150 Document Date: July 18, 2017 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Dikhanov,Yuri M.,Hamadeh,Nada,Vigil Oliver,William,Degefu,Tefera Bekele,Song,Inyoung

  • Is living in African cities expensive ? (English)

    Although several studies have examined why overall price levels are higher in richer countries, little is known about whether there is a similar relationship at the urban and city level across countries...

    Document Type: Policy Research Working Paper Report No.: WPS7641 Document Date: April 14, 2016 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Nakamura,Shohei,Harati,Rawaa,Lall,Somik V.,Dikhanov,Yuri M.,Hamadeh,Nada,Vigil Oliver,William,Rissanen,Marko Olavi,Yamanaka,Mizuki

  • Is living in African cities expensive? (English)

    Although several studies have examined why overall price levels are higher in richer countries, little is known about whether there is a similar relationship at the urban and city level across countries...

    Document Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series) Report No.: 125660 Document Date: April 1, 2016 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Nakamura,Shohei,Harati,Rawaa,Lall,Somik V.,Dikhanov,Yuri M.,Hamadeh,Nada,Vigil Oliver,William,Rissanen,Marko Olavi,Yamanaka,Mizuki

  • A global count of the extreme poor in 2012 : data issues, methodology and initial results (English)

    The 2014 release of a new set of purchasing power parity conversion factors (PPPs) for 2011 has prompted a revision of the international poverty line. In order to preserve the integrity of the goalposts...

    Document Type: Policy Research Working Paper Report No.: WPS7432 Document Date: October 3, 2015 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Ferreira,Francisco H. G.,Chen,Shaohua,Dabalen,Andrew L.,Dikhanov,Yuri M.,Hamadeh,Nada,Jolliffe,Dean Mitchell,Narayan,Ambar,Prydz,Espen Beer,Revenga,Ana L.,Sangraula,Prem Prasad,Serajuddin,Umar,Yoshida,Nobuo

  • Global count of the extreme poor in 2012 : data issues, methodology and initial results (English)

    The 2014 release of a new set of purchasing power parity conversion factors (PPPs) for 2011 has prompted a revision of the international poverty line. In order to preserve the integrity of the goalposts...

    Document Type: Working Paper (Numbered Series) Report No.: 125425 Document Date: October 1, 2015 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Ferreira,Francisco H. G.,Chen,Shaohua,Dabalen,Andrew L.,Dikhanov,Yuri M.,Hamadeh,Nada,Jolliffe,Dean Mitchell,Narayan,Ambar,Prydz,Espen Beer,Revenga,Ana L.,Sangraula,Prem Prasad,Serajuddin,Umar,Yoshida,Nobuo

  • Operational Guidelines and Procedures for Measuring the Real Size of the World Economy : 2011 International Comparison Program (English)

    The International Comparison Program (ICP) is a global statistical initiative that collects prices, national accounts expenditures, and related information from the world's economies in order to compare...

    Document Type: Publication Report No.: 99028 Document Date: August 1, 2015 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Brannon,Morgan,Dikhanov,Yuri M.,Djayeola,Biokou Mathieu,Hamadeh,Nada,Mouyelo-Katoula,Michel,Rissanen,Marko Olavi,Romand,Virginia,Song,Inyoung,Vogel,Frederic A.,Yamanaka,Mizuki,Abels,Miglena,Jerbi,Imededdine,Lee,Min Ji,Min,Kyung Sam

  • Operational Guidelines and Procedures for Measuring the Real Size of the World Economy : 2011 International Comparison Program (Chinese)

    The International Comparison Program (ICP) is a global statistical initiative that collects prices, national accounts expenditures, and related information from the world's economies in order to compare...

    Document Type: Publication Report No.: 99028 Document Date: August 1, 2015 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Brannon,Morgan,Dikhanov,Yuri M.,Djayeola,Biokou Mathieu,Hamadeh,Nada,Mouyelo-Katoula,Michel,Rissanen,Marko Olavi,Romand,Virginia,Song,Inyoung,Vogel,Frederic A.,Yamanaka,Mizuki,Abels,Miglena,Jerbi,Imededdine,Lee,Min Ji,Min,Kyung Sam

  • Global GEKS (English)

    This paper discusses two methods of linking: one that was actually used in 2005 and another that was discussed at the February 2007 TAG meeting. The 2005 linking procedure is based on one of the approaches...

    Document Type: Working Paper Report No.: 90474 Document Date: February 19, 2010 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Dikhanov,Yuri M.

  • The ICP Bulletin Vol. 5 (No. 3) (English)

    Included in this issue: Interview with the President of Islamic Development Bank (IDB). International and regional inflation. An output method for education purchasing power parties (PPPs). Dikhanov tables...

    Document Type: Newsletter Report No.: 47640 Document Date: December 1, 2008 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Mohamed, Ahmad Ali ,Ravallion,Martin,Chen,Shaohua,Biru,Yonas, Zieschang, Kim , Svennebye, Lars , Konijn, Paulus ,Dikhanov,Yuri M.,Inklaar,Robert Christiaan,Timmer,Marcel Peter,Blades,Derek

  • Historical PV of debt in developing countries, 1980-2002 (English)

    Long-term debt sustainability analyses are usually based on nominal debt numbers. While nominal debt is an important debt indicator, the present value of debt payments [PV] is in many respects considered...

    Document Type: Working Paper Report No.: 36153 Document Date: January 11, 2005 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Dikhanov,Yuri M.