The International Comparison Program (ICP)

The ICP is the world's largest global statistical initiative for estimating purchasing power parities (PPPs) to compare economic outputs, standards of living, and relative price levels across economies.

Contacts and Implementing Agencies of Participating Economies

Implementing Agency/Economy	National Coordinator	Deputy National Coordinator
Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics Bangladesh	Mr. Mohammad Abdul Kadir Miah	Mr. Md. Nazmul Hoque
Designation	Director, BBS	Deputy Director, National Accounting Wing, BBS
Email	makm_fyff@yahoo.com	sobuz179@gmail.com
National Statistics Bureau Bhutan	Mr. Bikash Gurung	Mr. Sonam Laendup
Designation	Senior Statistical Officer, Economic and Environment Statistics Division, NSB	Senior Statistical Officer, Economic and Environment Statistics Division, NSB
Email	bikashgurung@nsb.gov.bt	slhendup@nsb.gov.bt
Department of Economic Planning and Statistics Brunei Darussalam	Ms. Siti Kamariyah Mohammad	Ms. Nurul Aziemah Hamidon
Designation	Assistant Statistics Officer, DEPS	Junior Statistics Officer, DEPS
Email	kamariyah.mohammad@jpes.gov.bn	aziemah.hamidon@jpes.gov.bn
National Institute of Statistics Cambodia	Mr. Sim Ly	Mr. Keo Chettra
Designation	Deputy Director, National Accounts Department, NIS	Director, National Accounts Department, NIS
Email	simly441@yahoo.com; simly441@gmail.com	kchettra@yahoo.com
National Bureau of Statistics of China China, People's Republic of	Ms. Yang Jialang	Ms. Hu Xuemei
Designation	Acting Director of Division of International Comparison Program, International Statistical Information Center, NBS of China	Principal Program Officer of Division of International Comparison Program, International Statistical Information Center, NBS of China
Email	yangjl@stats.gov.cn	huxm@stats.gov.cn
Fiji Bureau of Statistics Fiji	Ms. Radhika Kumar	Mr. Bimlesh Krishna
Designation	Principal Statistician, Prices, Business Register & Establishment Survey Unit, FBOS	Chief Statistician, Economics Division, FBOS
Email	radhikak@statsfiji.gov.fj	bkrishna@statsfiji.gov.fj
Census and Statistics Department Hong Kong, China	Mr. Kwok-shun Lau	Ms. Gloria Wai Sze Ma
Designation	Assistant Comissioner (Economics Statistics) 1, C&SD	Senior Statistician, C&SD
Email	kslau@censtatd.gov.hk	gwsma@censtatd.gov.hk
Ministy of Statistics and Programme Implementation India	Mr. N. K. Santoshi	Ms. Deepti Srivastava
Designation	Additional Director General, Price Statistics Division, National Statistical Office, MOSPI	Deputy Director General, Price Statistics Division, National Statistical Office, MOSPI
Email	adg-psd.cso@mospi.gov.in	ddg2-psd.nso@mospi.gov.in
Badan Pusat Statistik Indonesia	Mr. Windhiarso Ponco Adi Putranto	Mr. M. Firmansyah Rifai
Designation	Chief, Directorate of Price Statistics, BPS	Chief of Consumer Price Statistics Subdirectorate, Directorate of Price Statistics, BPS
Email	windhiarso@bps.go.id	firman@bps.go.id
Lao Statistics Bureau Lao People's Democratic Republic	Ms. Salika Chanthalavong	Mr. Saykham Sisombath
Designation	Deputy Director General, Economic Statistics Department, LSB	Director of Division, Economic Statistics Department, LSB
Email	salikanaja@yahoo.com; salika.ch@lsb.gov.la	saykham.si@lsb.gov.la; saysombath9@yahoo.com
Department of Statistics Malaysia Malaysia	Ms. Maslina Samsudin	Ms. Nor Hasiah Othman
Designation	Senior Deputy Director, Prices, Income and Expenditure Statistics Division, DOSM	Chief Assistant Director, National Accounts Statistics Division, DOSM
Email	maslina@dosm.gov.my	hasiah.othman@dosm.gov.my
Maldives Bureau of Statistics Maldives	Ms. Sajida Ahmed	Ms. Mariyam Shadeena
Designation	Statistician, National Accounts and Economic Statistics, MBS	Deputy Statistician, National Accounts and Economic Statistics, MBS
Email	sajida.ahmed@stats.gov.mv	mariyam.shadeena@stats.gov.mv
National Statistics Office of Mongolia Mongolia	Ms. Erdenesan Eldev-Ochir	Ms. Bayarmaa Baatarsuren
Designation	Director, Economic Statistics Department, NSOM	Senior Statistician, National Accounts and Statistical Research Department, NSOM
Email	erdenesan@nso.mn	bayarmaa_b@nso.mn
National Statistics Office Nepal	Mr. Gyanendra Bajracharya	Mr. Arun Gautam
Designation	Director, Price Statistics Section, NSO	Director, Price Statistics Section, NSO
Email	gyan2000@hotmail.com	arungtm@gmail.com
Pakistan Bureau of Statistics Pakistan	Mr. Naseer Ahmad	Dr. Ahtasham Gul
Designation	Director, Price Satistics Section, PBS	Chief Statistical Officer, Price Statitics Section, PBS
Email	mr.naseer@gmail.com	ahtashamgul@gmail.com
Philippine Statistics Authority Philippines	Dr. Divina Gracia L. del Prado	Ms. Vivian Ilarina
Designation	(Assistant National Statistician), Officer-in-Charge, Deputy National Statistician, Sectoral Statistics Office, PSA	Assistant National Statistican, Macroeconomic Accounts Service, PSA
Email	g.delprado@psa.gov.ph; esss.staff@psa.gov.ph	v.ilarina@psa.gov.ph; mas.staff@psa.gov.ph
Department of Statistics Singapore	Ms. Low Yan Hua Wendy	Ms. Ng Zhe Jing Sarah
Designation	Assistant Director, Economic Accounts Division, DOS	Assistant Director, Prices Division, DOS
Email	wendy_low@singstat.gov.sg	sarah_ng@singstat.gov.sg
Department of Census and Statistics Sri Lanka	Ms. M. T. T. Thiloka De Silva	Ms. Padmika HIranthi Walpita
Designation	Deputy Director, Prices and Wages Division, DCS	Statistician, Prices and Wages Division, DCS
Email	mttdesilva7@gmail.com	padmika1970@gmail.com
Directorate-General of Budget, Accounting and Statistics Taipei,China	Mr. Chih-Hung Tsao	Ms. Ya-Wen Lin
Designation	Senior Executive Officer, Department of Statistics, DGBAS	Senior Chief of Price Statistics, Department of Statistics, DGBAS
Email	chihung@dgbas.gov.tw	yawenlin@dgbas.gov.tw
Trade Policy and Strategy Office Thailand	Ms. Nuntanut Chitsamphandhvej	Ms. Wanviga Parktoop
Designation	Trade Officer, Division of Trade Information and Economic Indices, TPSO	Trade Officer, Division of Trade Information and Economic Indices, TPSO
Email	nuntanut.chi@gmail.com	wanvica.m@gmail.com
General Statistics Office Viet Nam	Ms. Nguyen Thu Oanh	Ms. Nguyen Thi Mai Hanh
Designation	Director, Price Statistics Department, GSO	Acting Director, System of Naitonal Accounts Department, GSO
Email	ntoanh@gso.gov.vn	ntmhanh@gso.gov.vn

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ICP Publications, Blogs, and Articles

These present the ICP reports and related research presenting methodologies and results of purchasing power parities (PPPs) across various ICP cycles in Asia and the Pacific and related research such as studies on poverty-specific PPPs, integrating ICP with the Consumer Price Index as a framework for subnational PPPs, and alternative approaches for estimating PPPs for non-benchmark years in the region.

ICP Reports and Research
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