01680cas a2200241 a 4500 AALejournalIMF006826 230101c9999 xx r poo 0 0eng d 5.00 USD 9781455209538 1018-5941 BD-DhAAL BD-DhAAL Silver, Mick. IMF Applications of Purchasing Power Parity Estimates / Mick Silver. Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2010. 1 online resource (19 pages) IMF Working Papers <strong>Off-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required <strong>On-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required Electronic access restricted to authorized BRAC University faculty, staff and students The IMF's main uses of the International Comparison Program's (ICP) estimates of purchasing power parity (PPP)-adjusted Gross Domestic Product (GDP) are as an element of the formula used to help guide decisions on its members' quotas and in the World Economic Outlook (WEO). The paper outlines these uses and considers measurement issues particularly salient to IMF usage including: PPP imputations for member countries not participating in the ICP; PPP estimates for non-benchmark years; timeliness and periodicity of PPP estimates; economy groupings; and transparency. The paper was written as a chapter on ?IMF uses of PPPs? for the 2011 ICP Handbook. Mode of access: Internet IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2010/253 Full text available on IMF http://elibrary.imf.org/view/journals/001/2010/253/001.2010.issue-253-en.xml IMF e-Library