convertICP2017

converts data of World Bank ICP round, downloaded from here: https://databank.worldbank.org/source/icp-2017 mainly a currency conversion to MER2017. Assume that in the original dataset, 2011 values are in 2011MER and 2017 in 2017MER, given the ICP rounds

Usage

convertICP2017(x, subtype = "per_cap_expMER")

Arguments

x

MAgPIE object containing original values

subtype

data subtype needed. Either "priceLevel", or "per_cap_exp"

Value

magpie object of relative price levels (world = 100) or per capita expenditure (USD17 MER)

Author

David M Chen

Examples

if (FALSE) { # \dontrun{
a <- convertSource("ICP2017", "per_cap_exp")
} # }