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Communication International Cost of Living Ranking

Posted on August 23, 2010 by Xpatulator

This report provides you with the rank of Communication cost of living indexes for 282 global locations. The indexes are calculated using the prices for specific quantities of the same goods and services in each location, based on expatriate spending … Continue reading →

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Clothing International Cost of Living Rank

Posted on August 22, 2010 by Xpatulator

This report provides you with the rank of Clothing cost of living indexes for 282 global locations. The indexes are calculated using the prices for specific quantities of the same goods and services in each location, based on expatriate spending … Continue reading →

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Salary Purchasing Power Parity

Posted on August 21, 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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Alcohol & Tobacco International Cost of Living Ranking

Posted on August 21, 2010 by Xpatulator

This report provides you with the rank of Alcohol & Tobacco cost of living indexes for 282 global locations. The indexes are calculated using the prices for specific quantities of the same goods and services in each location, based on … Continue reading →

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Africa Cost of Living – 2010

Posted on August 20, 2010 by Xpatulator

Africa’s most expensive city for expatriates, as at 1 July 2010, is Luanda in Angola (ranked 15 in the world) with a cost of living index of 106.17 (New York = 100). Luanda is particularly expensive for education, (ranked 3 … Continue reading →

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Europe Cost of Living – 2010

Posted on August 19, 2010 by Xpatulator

Europe’s most expensive cities, as at 1 July 2010, are those that are not on the Euro. The most expensive city in Europe is Geneva (ranked 3 in the world). The Swiss Franc has strengthened by 8% in the past … Continue reading →

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International Cost of Living Index Rank 2010

Posted on August 19, 2010 by Xpatulator

Tokyo is the costliest city in the world in which to live. Tokyo is the most expensive city in the world in which to live out of 282 global locations surveyed as at 1 July 2010. While Tokyo is relatively … Continue reading →

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Expatriate Engagement

Posted on August 19, 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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Asia-Pacific Cost of Living – 2010

Posted on August 14, 2010 by Xpatulator

Asia-Pacific has the top 2, most expensive cities in the world, as at 1 July 2010. Tokyo is first and Hong Kong the second most expensive location in the world (and most expensive in greater China), whilst Sydney is the … Continue reading →

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Why are Expatriates paid differently to local people?

Posted on August 14, 2010 by Xpatulator

Most countries have a two tier Pay Market. The two distinct pay markets are typically an Expatriate Market and a Local Market.   The Expatriate Market is largely determined by the origin of each Expatriate. It is quite normal to … Continue reading →

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