The International Comparison Program (ICP) is a worldwide statistical initiative led by the World Bank under the … product (GDP) and its expenditure aggregates across economies. Through a partnership with international, regional, sub … progress towards eight goals of the United Nations' 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, the World Bank's international …

With the recent release of the 2011 purchasing power parity (PPP) data from the International Comparison Program (ICP … previous round of PPP data from 2005 led to a large increase in the estimated number of poor in the world. The 2011 price data … world. This paper presents evidence that if the global poverty line is updated with the 2011 PPP data based on the same set …

covering more than 100 countries around the world. Consistent with the happiness results, the paper also finds that relative to … the expense of others. These differences in life satisfaction and other attitudes and values persisted despite the fact …

reflects changes in perceived satisfaction with living standards and the ability to have a purposeful and meaningful life …

. It uses a two-equation system in which the Gini index and GDP per capita are the dependent variables and the stock of … baseline model provides strong evidence that natural resource dependence is negatively correlated with both per capita GDP and … correlation with GDP per capita. Among the lower-income group, greater dependence on nonrenewable natural resources is associated …

The International Maritime Organization's initial strategy on reduction of greenhouse gas emissions from ships … stipulates that the international shipping sector should assess the impacts on states prior to adoption of the mitigation … to be modest (-0.002 percent to -1 percent of GDP) …

This paper provides up-to-date characterization of the association between trade and GDP comovement - also called the … trade comovement slope- for 150 countries from 1962 to 2011. The paper shows that trade is significantly linked to more GDP … network effect is strong for countries in all income groups and provides an additional channel through which GDP fluctuations …