324 research outputs found
What Can Be Learned About the Economies of China and India from Purchasing Power Comparisons?
Comparisons of India and China have been made for over 50 years. This paper focuses on purchasing power estimates in China and India in the 2005 round of the UN International Comparison Programme (ICP) that was coordinated by the World Bank, the Regional Banks and Economic Commissions. The 2005 ICP round provides estimates of purchasing power parities (PPPs) of currencies and real product per capita for 146 countries, and the results for China and India are discussed in the context of the size of these economies. It also provides insights into the prospects of future economic growth in China and India as also policy recommendations for China and the likely scenarios in the future.purchasing power, China, India, economic growth, Tertiary Sector, capital stock
Measuring and analyzing aggregate fluctuations: the importance of building from microeconomic evidence - commentary
Employment (Economic theory) ; Investments ; Productivity
Regional Output Differences in International Perspective
purchasing power parities, regional price levels, spatial models
A Different Perspective of Pakistan's Economy: The Structure of Expenditures and Prices, 1975-81
This paper presents comparisons of the purchasing power of the
Pakistani rupee in 1975 with those of the currency units of 33 other
countries in the same year, based on the UN International Comparison
Project and examines relative price structure in Pakistan compared to
those in other countries. Pakistan's price level and structure are
similar to those of many developing countries, although the prices of
investment goods were unusually high. The paper also updates the results
to 1982 and finds that the decline in the purchasing power of the rupee
is fairly consistent with relative inflation rates
- …