Purchasing power parity exchange rates

TABLE 1.6 Public-Sector Energy R D (purchasing power parity exchange rates in dollars)... 

Purchasing Power Parity (PPP) Currency conversion rates that attempt to reflect the actual purchasing power of a currency in its home market, as opposed to examining price levels and comparing an exchange rate. PPPs are always given in the national currency units per U.S. dollar. 

FIGURE 45.3 Drug expenditure per capita, OECD countries 2004. Note (2) 2002 (3) 2003. Data are expressed in US dollars as purchasing power parities (PPPs), which allows countries to be compared on a basis that compares dieir values with the cost of a given basket of commodities in each country rather dian standard exchange rates. Source OECD Healdi Data 2006 http //www.oecd.Org/dataoecd/5/24/36984917.pdf. 

Sources of data are C2 is ASNet Database, while C3, C4 and C5 Human Develofxnent Report 2004 Purchasing Power Parity (PPP) is a theoretical exchange rate between different airrencies to US ... 

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