UID:
almafu_9958063960802883
Umfang:
xxxiv, 659 pages :
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illustrations ;
,
cm.
ISBN:
0-8213-9731-1
Serie:
World Bank e-Library.
Inhalt:
Measuring the Real Size of the World Economy: The Framework,Methodology, and Results of the International Comparison Program-ICP is the most comprehensive accounting ever presented by the International Comparison Program (ICP) of the theory and methods underlying the estimation of purchasing power parities (PPPs). PPPs reveal the relative sizes of economies by converting their gross domestic products and related measurements into a common currency,thereby enabling comparisons based on economic and statistical theory.By disclosing the theory, concepts, and methods underlying the estimates, this book in
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Cover; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Contributing Authors; Executive Summary; Introduction: Reshaping the World; 1 The Framework of the International Comparison Program; 2 Governance Structure of ICP 2005; 3 National Accounts Framework for International Comparisons: GDP Compilation and Breakdown Process; 4 Computation of Basic Heading PPPs for Comparisons within and between Regions; 5 Methods of Aggregation above the Basic Heading Level within Regions; 6 Methods of Aggregation above the Basic Heading Level: Linking the Regions; 7 The ICP Survey Framework
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8 The Ring Comparison: Linking the Regions 9 Validation of ICP Regional Prices and Basic Heading PPPs; 10 Validation of Basic Heading and Aggregated PPPs: When Does Validation End and Estimation Begin?; 11 Health and Education; 12 Dwelling Services; 13 Construction; 14 Machinery and Equipment; 15 Government Services; 16 Government Services: Productivity Adjustments; 17 Reference PPPs; 18 Extrapolating PPPs and Comparing ICP Benchmark Results; 19 Results and Empirical Analysis, ICP 2005; 20 Absolute Poverty Measures for the Developing World, 1981-2008; 21 PPP Exchange Rates for the Global Poor
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22 International Relative Price Levels: An Empirical Analysis 23 PPP Estimates: Applications by the International Monetary Fund; 24 Using Expenditure PPP's for Sectoral Output and Productivity Comparisons; Abbreviations; Glossary; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V
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English
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 0-8213-9728-1
Sprache:
Englisch
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http://elibrary.worldbank.org/doi/book/10.1596/978-0-8213-9728-2
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