Purchasing Power Parities and the Size of World Economies : Results from the 2017 International Comparison Program

Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Chapter 1 Overview of main findings -- Size of economies -- GDP expenditure components -- Per capita measures -- Intercountry income inequality -- Price levels -- Variability across economies -- Comparison of 2017 results with revised 2011 results -- Chapter 2 ICP 2017 results -- Tables of 2017 results -- Survey framework -- Chapter 3 Purchasing power parities and real expenditures -- Concepts and definitions -- Use and applications of PPPs and real expenditures -- Chapter 4 Governance and organization -- Governance of ICP 2017 -- Regional and national organization -- Chapter 5 Methodology -- Conceptual framework -- Expenditure data -- Price data -- PPP calculation and estimation -- Chapter 6 Looking forward -- Appendix A: History of the International Comparison Program -- Appendix B: The ICP's governance framework -- The ICP's governance structure -- The roles and responsibilities of the ICP governance bodies -- Appendix C: ICP expenditure classification -- 2017 ICP expenditure classification structure -- Main aggregates -- Deriving actual individual consumption -- Facilitating the input price approach -- Adjusting household expenditure to the national concept -- Updates introduced for the 2017 ICP expenditure classification -- Appendix D: Reference PPPs used in ICP 2017 -- Appendix E: Revised 2011 results and comparisons with original ICP 2011 results -- Appendix F: Comparison of ICP 2017 results with World Development Indicators data -- Appendix G: ICP research agenda -- Appendix H: ICP data access and archive policy -- Background -- Data access objectives -- Guiding principles -- Procedures for archiving data -- Procedures for accessing data -- Appendix I: ICP revision policy -- Background -- Triggers for revising ICP indicators.