October 20, 2007. Doujinshi manga (often shortened to doujin) are non-professional and/or self published comics. Doujinshi manga can be broken into two broad categories: fan-comics and original works. Fan-comics, much like fan-fiction, are based on established properties and created by fans of those properties. Original works are based on the doujinshi-ka's (creator) original ideas.
What is Purchasing Power Parity (PPP)? Why is it important? Purchasing power parity (PPP) is an economic term that calculates the relative value of different currencies.
This is why GDP (PPP) per capita is often considered one of the indicators of a country's standard of living, although this can be problematic because GDP per capita is not a measure of personal income. (See Standard of living and GDP.) Lists of countries and dependencies