Measuring the real size of the world economy
Subtitle: the framework, methodology, and results of the International Comparison Program--ICP
Publisher: World Bank
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Washington, DC
Language: eng
Number of pages: 659
ISBN-13: 9780821397282
Subjects: Statistical methods; International Comparison Programme; Economics; Purchasing power parity; Gross domestic product; National income
Notes: "This work is a product of the staff of The World Bank with external contributions"--T.p. verso.

Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Executive summary / Frederic A. Vogel; title: Introduction : reshaping the world / Angus S. Deaton; title: The framework of the International Comparision Program / D.S. Prasada Rao; title: Governance structure of ICP 2005 / Paul McCarthy; title: National accounts framework for international comparisons : GDP compilation and breakdown process / Paul McCarthy; title: Computation of basic heading PPPs for comparisons within and between regions / D.S. Prasada Rao; title: Methods of aggregation above the basic heading level within regions / W. Erwin Diewert; title: Methods of aggregation above the basic heading level : linking the regions / W. Erwin Diewert; title: The ICP survey framework / Frederic A. Vogel; title: The ring comparison : linking the regions / Frederic A. Vogel; title: Validation of ICP regional prices and basic heading PPPs / David Roberts; title: Validation of basic heading and aggregated PPPs : when does validation end and estimation begin? / Frederic A. Vogel; title: Health and education / Derek Blades; title: Dwelling services / Alan Heston; title: Construction / Paul McCarthy; title: Machinery and equipment / Derek Blades; title: Government services / Derek Blades; title: Government services : productivity adjustments / Alan Heston; title: Reference PPPs / Derek Blades and Yuri Dikhanov; title: Extrapolating PPPs and compariing ICP benchmark results / Paul McCarthy; title: Results and empirical analysis, ICP 2005 / Yuri Dikhanov and Frederic A. Vogel; title: Absolute poverty measures for the developing world, 1981-2008 / Shaohua Chen and Martin Ravallion; title: PPP exchange rates for the global poor / Angus S. Deaton and Olivier Dupriez; title: International relative price levels : an empirical analysis / Charles Thomas ... [et al.]; title: PPP estimates : applications by the International Monetary Fund / Mick Silver; title: Using expenditure PPPs for sectoral output and productivity comparisons / Robert Inklaar and Marcel P. Timmer.