Workshop to exchange good practices of the CPI and its synchronization with the International Comparison Program (PCI)

Oct 14, 2024

၀ 09:00 — 18:00

Introduction
• Conceptual framework
• Methodological framework
• Geographic coverage: Disaggregation of weights and disaggregation of the sampling frame
• Calculation procedures: index formulas and their aggregation; imputations and adjustments per unit of measurement, and other adjustments for calculations.

Oct 15 and 16, 2024

၀ 09:00 — 18:00

Procedures used in field operation
• Establishment replacements
• Specific substitutions
• Quote for specific ones with special criteria.
(Special treatments, national training prices, etc.)
Price collection methods
• In-person establishments
• Centralized methods
• Price capture via digital devices
• Automated price capture (internet, web scrapingrecords, scanner data)
• Use of administrative records.
Collection instruments
Collection frequency
Form of recording prices-observation currency, observed price period and quote period

Oct 17, 2024

၀ 09:00 — 18:00

Price validation procedure from automated capture such as data scanner, web scraping and other validation meshes that are of interest for validating the quality of the information.
Price supervision and validation processes.

Oct 18, 2024

၀ 09:00 — 18:00

Integration of price collection with the surveys of the parity calculation program or PCI.
Other aspects of interest in the investigative processes of prices, operations and quality evaluation.