This Handbook is targeted at developing countries focusing on practical solutions to the problems facing compilers of the consumer price index (CPI) in the developing world. It provides practical guidance on all aspects of compiling a CPI, and offers... Read More
Prices
This Export and Import Price Index (XMPI) Manual replaces the United Nations’ Strategies for Price and Quantity Measurement in External Trade, Series M, No. 66, issued in 1981. The development of the XMPI Manual has been undertaken under the... Read More
This volume is an expanded revision of Consumer price indices: An ILO manual, published in 1989. Through the mechanism of the Intersecretariat Working Group on Price Statistics (IWGPS), the revision has been undertaken under the joint responsibility... Read More
Much of this manual and the associated economic literature on price indices is concerned with two basic questions:1. Exactly what set of prices should be covered by the index?2.What is the most appropriate way in which to average their movements? Read More
This guide provides guidance to regional ICP implementation agencies and NSOs that may wish to compile spatial price indices at a sub-national level. NSOs involved in the compilation of sub-national PPPs are advised to also consult the guide on CPI... Read More
While the target audience of this guide is primarily producers of official statistics, particularly price statisticians, it also provides all users of official statistics with a good understanding of CPIs and the ICP including their differences and... Read More