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The World Bank will start using new poverty lines in fall 2022. The decision follows the release in 2020 of new purchasing power parities (PPPs) by the International Comparison Program (ICP).

FILIPINO workers received one of the lowest gross monthly minimum wages in terms of purchasing power parity (PPP), according to a report released by the World Bank. Based on the World Bank report, Filipino workers received a gross monthly minimum wage of only $27 in PPP terms, significantly lower than…

At the recent 53rd session of the United Nations Statistical Commission (UNSC), the Chief Statisticians of national statistical offices (NSOs) highlighted the importance of purchasing power parities (PPPs) and other International Comparison Program (ICP) results...

Examining the association between meat intake and life expectancy at a population level based on ecological data published by the United Nations agencies

Virtual meeting organized by ECLAC in its capacity as Regional Coordinator for Latin America and the Caribbean of the ICP.

A new study from researchers at Oxford University says eating vegan, in developed countries, costs consumers far less than eating a traditional western diet does.

A new study from researchers at Oxford University says eating vegan, in developed countries, costs consumers far less than eating a traditional western diet does.

On April 30, data released by the United Nations International Comparison Program showed China’s estimated 2011 purchasing power parity (PPP) exchange rate was twenty percent higher than was estimated in 2005. What does this mean? China's economy could become the largest in the world by the end of 2014, unseating the economy of the United States some five years ahead of

The U.S.-based World Bank grabbed everybody’s attention by announcing that China was poised to displace the United States as the world’s largest economy based on purchasing power. But a survey of the Chinese web shows people at home aren’t buying it.The startling report, released April 30 by the International Comparison Program, which is hosted by the World Bank, concluded

The European Green Deal provides a road map for the EU’s socioecological and economic transition to a low-carbon future. Its implications for Africa are multifaceted. Yet it offers the promise of overhauling EU-Africa relations if the right steps are taken now.