Joint World Bank-OECD Seminar on Purchasing Power Parities, 2001

Joint World Bank-OECD Seminar on Purchasing Power Parities

Draft Agenda

World Bank - Washington D.C.
30 January - 2 February 2001

Agenda Items

Report on the Joint World Bank - OECD Seminar

Draft agenda (latest version dated 26 January)

Tuesday, 30 January 2001

Welcoming address

• Shaida Badice, Director, Development Data Group, World Bank

• Paul McCarthy, Head, National Accounts Division, Statistics Directorate, OECD

Opening address

• Nicholas H. Stern, Senior Vice President and Chief Economist, World Bank

Topic A. Data issues

Chair: Derek Blades

1. Sensitivity of results to the number of products priced

Discussant: James Cuthbert

• Optimisation of number of basic headings and of items

  (Eurostat)

• On reducing the number of basic headings and products priced

  (OECD)

2. Editing procedures for aggregation below the basic heading level

Discussant: Roland Rittenau

• Editing procedures for aggregation below the basic heading level

  (OECD)

3. Prioritisation of sectors for comparison

Discussant: David Roberts

• Prioritisation of sectors for comparison

  (John Astin, Eurostat)

4. Integration of CPI and ICP

• Integration of CPI and PPP: Methodological issues, feasibility and recommendations

  (D.S. Prasada Rao, University of New England, Australia)

Discussant: John Astin

• Integrating Inter-area and International Price Comparisons with Consumer Price Index Compilation

  [Kimberly D. Zieschang and Paul A, Armknecht (IMF), and Dale Smith (USBLS)]

Discussant: Peter Hill

5. Using scanner data to estimate country price parities

Discussant: Robert Hill

• Using scanner data to estimate country price parities: An exploratory study

  (Saeed Heravi, Mick Silver and Alan Heston)

Topic B. Uses of PPPs

Chair: Alan Heston

6. New uses of PPPs within the European Union

Discussant: Paul McCarthy

• New uses of PPP data within the EU

  (John Astin, Eurostat)

Wednesday, 31 January 2001

7. Uses of ICP Data for national and international poverty analysis

• MTG2001_Price heterogeneity and "real" inequality: A case-study of prices and poverty in rural South India

  (Vijayendra Rao)

Discussant: Peter Lanjouw

8. Application of ICP PPPs in international productivity comparisons: bottlenecks and new directions

Discussant: D.S. Prasada Rao

• Application of ICP PPPs in international productivity comparisons: bottlenecks and new directions

  (Bart van Ark and Marcel Timmer)

9. PPPs and the Price Competitiveness of International and Tourism Destinations

Discussant: Derek Blades

• PPPs and the Price Competitiveness of International Tourism Destinations

  (Larry Dwyer, Peter Forsyth and D.S. Prasada Rao)

10. True Comparisons in Real and Money Terms

Discussant: Robert Summers

• True Comparisons in Real and Money Terms (Michael Ward)

11. International Prices and Global Inflation

Discussant: Peter Hill

• International Prices and Global Inflation

  (Michael Ward)

Thursday, 1 February 2001

Topic C. Aggregation Methods

Chair: Peter Hill

12. Weighted EKS generalised CPD method for aggregation at basic heading level and above basic heading level

Discussant: Bert Balk

• Weighted EKS and generalised CPD method for aggregation at basic heading level and above basic heading level

  (D.S. Prasada Rao)

13. Using price and quantity indicators to explore data structure

Discussant: Alan Heston

• Using price and quantity indicators to explore data structure

  (Jim Cuthbert)

14. Aggregation methods for international comparisons: What we have learned in the last decade?

Discussant: Erwin Diewert

• Aggregation methods in international comparisons: What have we learned?

  (Bert Balk) (latest version dated 19 June 2001)

15. Aggregation methods on the basis of structural international prices

Discussant: Erwin Diewert

• Aggregation methods on the basis of structural international prices

  (S. Sergueev)

16. On the consistency between ICP Benchmarks and national growth rates: Implications for aggregation methods

Discussant: Robert Summers

• On the consistency between ICP Benchmarks and national growth rates: Implications for aggregation methods (Yuri Dikhanov, World Bank)

Topic D. Linking countries and regions

Chair: Michael Ward

17. Regional and global comparisons: issues and practices

Discussant: Peter Hill

• Linking of regions in the ECP 1996 and 1999-2000

  (OECD)

18. Linking countries and regions using chaining methods and spanning trees

Discussant: Yuri Dikhanov

• Linking countries and regions using chaining methods and spanning trees

  (Robert Hill)

Friday, 2 February 2001

Topic E. Spatial comparisons over time

Chair: Michael Ward

19. Monitoring the World Economy: problems involved in comparison over space and time

Discussant: Bart van Ark

• Monitoring the World Economy: problems involved in comparison over space and time (Angus Maddison)

20. An examination of stability in country price structures: implications for spatial-temporal comparisons

Discussant: D.S. Prasada Rao

• Prices structures, the quality factor, and chaining

  (Bettina Aten, Robert Summers and Alan Heston) - revised version, 13 April 2001.

21. Problem areas in calculating times series of PPPs

Discussant: Bart van Ark

• Problem areas in calculating times series of PPPs

  (OECD)

Topic F. Conclusions