ICP: Technical Advisory Group Meeting (March 2025)

Agenda

Minutes

Documents

SESSION I: Welcome and Opening Remarks

SESSION II: Update on the ICP 2021 and 2024 Cycles Background Document | PRESENTATION

SESSION III: Short- and Long-Term Research and Development Agenda

• Research Topics Emerging from the Previous ICP Cycles DOCUMENT | PRESENTATION

• Forthcoming Research Topics PRESENTATION

• Setting Up a Short- and Long-term Research and Development Agenda

SESSION IV: TAG Functioning and Terms of Refence for Task Forces

• TAG Composition and Terms of Reference Background Document

• Terms of Reference for a Task Force on Annual PPP Production DOCUMENT | PRESENTATION

• Terms of Reference for a Task Force on ICP Classification Update DOCUMENT | PRESENTATION

SESSION V: Current Research

• The Treatment of Import and Export Prices in International Comparisons PRESENTATION

• A Survey Based Approach to Adjustment for Quality Differences in Services in International Price Comparisons DOCUMENT | PRESENTATION

• Treatment of Scanner (Transaction) Data in the European Comparison Program (ECP) PRESENTATION

• Treatment of Negative Expenditures in ICP DOCUMENT | PRESENTATION-Intro | PRESENTATION

• Fine Tuning Global Linking Procedures

- Alternative Global Linking Methods DOCUMENT | PRESENTATION | PRESENTATION 2

- Similarity Linking Within and Between Regions DOCUMENT | Related Document | PRESENTATION

• Improving Reliability of Price Comparisons

- Basic Heading PPPs and Sparsity of Price Tableaus DOCUMENT | PRESENTATION

- Alternative Basic Heading PPP Aggregation Methods DOCUMENT | Related Document | PRESENTATION

SESSION VI: Closing