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Global International Comparison Programme – 2021 Cycle Results and Prospects
https://doi.org/10.34023/2313-6383-2025-32-1-64-80
Abstract
Purchasing power parities (PPP) provide a unique tool for macroeconomic analysis. Multilateral computations of purchasing power parities for participating economies are currently carried out under the global International Comparison Programme (Global ICP), guided by the World Bank. The article contains the main features of the Global ICP and the results from the recently completed cycle conducted using 2021 data. The author presents the main directions of PPP-based international comparative analysis and addresses its future development prospects.
About the Author
A. E. Kosarev
Interstate Statistical Committee of the Commonwealth of Independent States;
National Research University Higher School of Economics
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Andrey E. Kosarev – Cand. Sci. (Econ.); Deputy Chairman, Interstate Statistical Committee of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS-Stat); Chief Expert, Economic Statistics Centre of Excellence (ESCE), National Research University Higher School of Economics (HSE University).
39, Myasnitskaya Str., Bldg. 1, Moscow, 107450;
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Kosarev A.E. Global International Comparison Programme – 2021 Cycle Results and Prospects. Voprosy statistiki. 2025;32(1):64-80. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.34023/2313-6383-2025-32-1-64-80
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