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Xpatulator.com is a website that provides international cost of living information and calculators that can help you determine cost of living indexes, cost of living allowances, salary purchasing power and international assignment packages to compensate for cost of living, hardship, and exchange rate differences.

Salary Purchasing Power Parity

Posted on February 15, 2010 by Xpatulator

Internationally comparable cost of living data is crucial to forming sustainable expatriate pay policies and monitoring progress. Market exchange rates give misleading comparisons because they do not reflect salary purchasing power differences. Purchasing Power Parity (PPP) accounts for price differences … Continue reading →

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Buenos Aires, Argentina Cost of Living January 2010

Posted on February 15, 2010 by Xpatulator

LOCATION: Argentina is in Southern South America, bordering the South Atlantic Ocean, between Chile and Uruguay. CAPITAL CITY: Buenos Aires LARGEST CITY: Buenos Aires CURRENCY: Argentine Peso (ARS) ECONOMY: Argentina’s economy comprises rich natural resources, it has a highly literate … Continue reading →

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Saint Johns Antigua and Barbuda Cost of Living January 2010

Posted on February 15, 2010 by Xpatulator

LOCATION: Antigua and Barbuda are in the Caribbean, they are islands between the Caribbean Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean, east-southeast of Puerto Rico. CAPITAL CITY OF ANTIGUA: Saint John’s LARGEST CITY OF BARBUDA: Codrington CURRENCY: East Caribbean Dollar (XCD) … Continue reading →

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Luanda Angola Cost of Living January 2010

Posted on February 15, 2010 by Xpatulator

LOCATION: Angola is in Southern Africa, bordering the South Atlantic Ocean, between Namibia and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. CAPITAL CITY: Luanda LARGEST CITY: Luanda CURRENCY: Angolan New Kwanza (AON) ECONOMY: Angola has had a high growth rate which … Continue reading →

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Andorra la Vella, Andorra, Cost of Living January 2010

Posted on February 14, 2010 by Xpatulator

LOCATION: Andorra is in South-western Europe, between France and Spain. Andorra la Vella is the capital and largest city of the of Andorra. CAPITAL CITY: Andorra la Vella LARGEST CTY: Andorra la Vella CURRENCY: Euro (EUR) ECONOMY: Andorra la Vella … Continue reading →

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Algiers Algeria Cost of Living January 2010

Posted on February 14, 2010 by Xpatulator

LOCATION: Algeria is in Northern Africa, bordering the Mediterranean Sea, between Morocco and Tunisia. CAPITAL CITY: Algiers LARGEST CITY: Algiers CURRENCY: Algerian Dinar (DZD) ECONOMY: Algiers is an important economic, commercial and financial point, including a stock exchange recording an … Continue reading →

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Expatriate Engagement

Posted on February 14, 2010 by Xpatulator

Engagement is a fairly recent term in business. In the past the talk was about “attracting, motivating and retaining” expatriate employees. All three strategies focused primarily on money. A competitive salary that takes into account the relative cost of living, … Continue reading →

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Tirana Albania Cost of Living January 2010

Posted on February 14, 2010 by Xpatulator

LOCATION: The Republic of Albania is a Balkan country in South Eastern Europe. CAPITAL CITY: Tirana LARGEST CITY: Tirana CURRENCY: Albanian Lek (ALL) ECONOMY: After economic contraction following the fall of communism, the economy has improved slowly. However prices have … Continue reading →

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Kabaul Afghanistan Cost of Living January 2010

Posted on February 14, 2010 by Xpatulator

LOCATION: Afghanistan is a landlocked country located in the heart of Asia. CAPITAL CITY: Kabul LARGEST CITY: Kabul CURRENCY: Afghanistan Afghani (AFN) ECONOMY: Afghanistan is relatively impoverished, however, it has achieved a more respectable economic recovery and growth since 2002. … Continue reading →

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Yemen Cost of Living

Posted on February 13, 2010 by Xpatulator

LOCATION: Yemen is in the Middle East, bordering the Arabian Sea, Gulf of Aden, and Red Sea, between Oman and Saudi Arabia. CAPITAL CITY: Sanaa LARGEST CITY: Sanaa CURRENCY: Yemeni Rial (YER) ECONOMY: Yemen is a low-income developing country. Remittances … Continue reading →

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