2009 Purchasing Power Parity Update for Selected Economies in Asia and the Pacific: A Research Study

Abstract

This publication presents the methodology leading to, and resulting in purchasing power parities (PPPs) for 2009 of participating economies in the Asia and the Pacific region, updated from 2005. Included are estimates of PPP-adjusted GDP and its major components, namely, household final consumption expenditure, actual final consumption of households, government collective final consumption expenditure, gross capital formation, and net external trade.