International Cost of Living Ranking April 2010
The rank of the overall international cost of living indexes is reported as at April 2010 using New York as the base city The indexes are calculated using the prices for specific quantities of the same goods and services in each location, based on expatriate spending patterns across 13 broad categories (Basket Groups)

International Cost of Living Trends 2009
The objective of expatriate pay programs is to ensure that employee spending power and standard of living is maintained irrespective of global location How to achieve this has been an issue many organizations spend considerable time on