@article{Vink:9488,
      recid = {9488},
      author = {Vink, Nick and Kirsten, Johann F. and Woermann, C.},
      title = {South Africa's Consumer Price Index for Food (CPIF): A  Comparative historical view},
      journal = {Agrekon},
      address = {2004-06},
      number = {346-2016-16118},
      pages = {11},
      year = {2004},
      abstract = {The consumer price index was first used in 1707. In 1925  it became institutionalised when the Second International  Conference of Labour Statisticians, convened by the ILO,  promulgated the first international standards of  measurement. These original standards have been revised  three times and are currently under review. Statistics  South Africa (StatsSA) compiles and disseminates different  CPI aggregates, including the Consumer Price Index; the  Core Index; CPIX; and the Food Price Index or CPIF. StatsSA  has gone to considerable trouble in complying with  international best practice in the calculation of the CPI.  Nevertheless, three problems still remain, namely that  StatsSA works with an unsatisfactory definition of rural  areas, that no provision is planned for sales through  informal sector outlets, and that no provision is made for  food consumed away from home.},
      url = {http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/9488},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.22004/ag.econ.9488},
}