Table 3.
Variable | Source | Method for estimating country level data |
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GDP | International Monetary Fund [30] | n/a |
Population | United Nations Population Division [31] | n/a |
Exchange rate | WHO Global Health Expenditure Database [3] | Iterative Robust Model Based Imputation [6] |
Administrative divisions | Statoids: Administrative Divisions of Countries [4] | Iterative Robust Model Based Imputation [6] |
Healthcare facilities | WHO 2013 Country Survey on Medical Devices and Healthcare Facilities [5] | Iterative Robust Model Based Imputation [6] |
Travel allowance and per diem | International Civil Service Commission DSA Circular Report for July 2010 [8] | Comparison to cost-of-living index and reduction to 20% of ICSC rate |
Vehicles | The United Nations Office for Project Services [9] | n/a |
Fuel prices | World Bank [10] | Iterative Robust Model Based Imputation [6] |
Cold chain | WHO Performance, Quality and Safety (PQS) Catalogue [13] UNICEF’s Supply Catalogue [14] |
n/a |
Generators | WHO PQS Catalogue [13] | n/a |
Electricity | International Energy Agency’s (IEA) quarterly publication Energy Prices and Taxes [15] | Linear regression |
Water | Global Water Intelligence (GWI) Survey for 2011 [16] | Iterative Robust Model Based Imputation [6] |
Office supplies | 2014 Global Supply Catalogue [19] | n/a |
Information and communication technology | International Telecommunications Union [17] | Multiple imputation by chained equations [32, 33], System Generalized Method of Moments [34] |
Media | Linear regression |