1. Alternative Sources of Price Data
Session II: Interim Technical Agenda
Meeting of ICP Regional Coordinating Agencies
Washington, D.C., USA
October 30, 2015

2. Overview of the Pilot Overall objective:
Study the feasibility of capturing granular high-frequency price data using modern ICT
More specifically feasibility of…
Covering a relevant and complete basket of goods and services for household consumption
Achieving a representative set of national average prices through reliable sampling frames
Collecting additional rural-specific price data

3. Pilot conducted in partnership with

4. Pilot specifications: General
Pilot conducted in three countries
BRAZIL (Latin America region)
INDONESIA (Asia and Pacific region)
NIGERIA (Africa region)
159 items covering household consumption
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Number of items
Food and non-alcoholic beverages 60
Alcohol beverages, tobacco and narcotics 5
Clothing and footwear 8
Housing, water, electricity, gas, and other fuels 11
Furnishing, household equipment and routine maintenance of the house 21
Health 7
Transport 24
Communication 2
Recreation and culture
Education
Restaurants and hotels
Miscellaneous goods and services
Total
159

5. Pilot specifications: BRAZIL#
Larger district 1.
Federal District 2.
State of Amazonas 3.
State of Bahia 4.
State of Ceará 5.
State of Goiás 6.
State of Minas Gerais 7.
State of Pará 8.
State of Paraná 9.
State of Pernambuco
10.
State of Rio de Janeiro
11.
State of Rio Grande do Sul
12.
State of São Paulo
To date data collected from 8,210 venues

6. Pilot specifications: INDONESIA#
Larger district 1.
Central Sulawesi 2.
East Java 3.
East Nusa Tenggara 4.
North Sumatra 5.
Special Capital Region of Jakarta 6.
West Java 7.
West Kalimantan 8.
West Nusa Tenggara 9.
West Sumatra
To date data collected from 2,141 venues

7. Pilot specifications: NIGERIA#
Larger district 1.
Anambra 2.
Edo 3.
Enugu 4.
Federal Capital Territory 5.
Gombe 6.
Kaduna 7.
Kano 8.
Kogi 9.
Lagos
10.
Nasarawa
11.
Ogun State
12.
Osun
13.
Oyo
14.
Rivers
15.
Sokoto
To date data collected from 4,108 venues

8. How does it work in practice (1)
Premise’s network of contributors: Located in nearly 200 towns and cities spanning 30 countries

9. How does it work in practice (2)1 2 3 4

10. How we see it (1)

11. How we see it (2)

12. What else we see per observation….#
Item 1.
Price (observed and normalized)
10.
GPS accuracy 2.
Reporting currency
11.
 L1/L2/L3 designation 3.
Volume/weight (observed and normalized)
12.
Urban/Rural 4.
Quantity (observed and normalized)
13.
Date and time of the observation 5.
Brand and model
14.
Venue information (type and name) 6.
Packaged/unpackaged
15.
User ID (anonymized) 7.
Fresh/Frozen
16.
Image/picture affiliation (link) 8.
Brand
17.
Scope affiliation (link) 9.
Longitude and latitude
18.
Exclusion tag (for excluded obs.)

13. Additional information: Histograms

14. Additional information: Package size analysis

15. Refining the pilot approach (1)

16. Refining the pilot approach (2)

17. Next steps Operational approach Country coverage
Improving data collection procedures and, respectively, data quality
Country coverage
Studying feasibility of extending country coverage

18. Questions, comments or suggestions?