The meeting was attended by participants from the 12 ESCWA member states and included the below sessions:
-Presentation of preliminary PPPs and Price Level Indices (PLIs) at the GDP and other aggregate levels;
-Comparative analysis of nominal and real expenditure per capita at the levels of the GDP and the Individual Consumption Expenditure by Household;
-Assessment of country shares of nominal and real GDP per Capita for 2016;
-Interpretation of PPPs and PLIs for 2014-2015-2016;
-Temporal analysis of PLI changes between 2014 and 2016 at the GDP and other levels;
-Detailed comparison of exchange rates and PPPs for main GDP aggregates in all countries;
-Comparison and examination of the evolution of nominal and real GDP per capita over the years for each country;
-Assessment of the regional PPP time series covering the period 2011-2016 with graphs showing PPP and PLI trends during this period;
-Global validation through a comparative example of Western Asia and OECD results by the World Bank representative;
-Presentation of the latest uses of PPPs and ICP data in reports, research papers, media and academic articles;
-Registration of country representatives to the e-learning course developed by the ICP Global Unit at the World Bank.
Brazil and Uruguay
