Documents for the 4th ICP 2011 TAG Meeting (October 20-21, 2010)

01. Objectives of the meeting and expected results

01.01 Meeting Objectives

02. Construction and Civil Engineering

02.01 A new approach to international construction price comparisons

03. Machinery and equipment

03.01 Are there lessons for Equipment from the 2005 Comparison?

03.02 Calculating Approximate PPPs Using the Price Factor Method

03.03 Machinery and Equipment Catalogue for ICP Price Surveys

03.04 Machinery and Equipment and PPPs: Why is it Important to Have a Pre-Survey?

04. Education

04.01 Towards an Output Approach to Estimate the Value of Education Services in Developing and Transitional Countries

05. Productivity Adjustment for Government Services

05.01 Background Note on Productivity Adjustments as a Special Case of a General Regional Linking Problem

06. Linking methods and Global Core Approach

06.01 Methods of Aggregation above the Basic Heading Level within Regions

06.02 Methods of Aggregation above the Basic Heading Level: Linking the Regions

06.03 Linking the Regions in the International Comparisons Program at Basic Heading Level and at Higher Levels of Aggregation