Statistical Terms Glossary

It includes weight in ton for storage, fuel, passengers, goods and crew for the arriving and departing ships.

Data grouped into classes according to various classification criteria.

Any aggregation of groups of basic headings, such as bread and cereals, up to GDP.

The aggregates of the System of National Accounts (SNA) - for example, value added, income, consumption and saving - are composite values which measure the result of the activity of the entire economy considered from a particular point of view; some aggregates may be obtained directly as totals of particular transactions (e.g. final consumption, gross fixed capital formation and social contributions) while others may result from summing up balancing items for the institutional sectors (e.g. value added, balance of primary incomes, disposable income and saving).

A composition technique for building a new object from one or more existing objects that support some or all of the new object's required interfaces

A mean to improve the interpretability of physical flows accounts grouping materials with a common characteristic, or contributing to a specific environmental issue through a weighting system, e.g. the carbon dioxide equivalent, the ozone depleting potential, acidifying potential etc.

Phone calls that are impersonated or untrue for the purpose of raising money or harassment.

A process in which the proportions of adults and elderly increase in a population ,and therefore characterized by the possibility of less growth.

The premium which the metallic or other currency of a country may command over legal tender paper money which is its face equivalent.

An agrarian system is a way of exploiting an environment, established over a period of time, sustainable within and adapted to the bioclimatic conditions and social needs of the time.

Paris Club document detailing the terms for a debt rescheduling between creditors and the debtor. It specifies the coverage of debt-service payments (types of debt treated), the cutoff date, the consolidation period, the proportion of payments to be rescheduled, the provisions regarding the down payment (if any), and the repayment schedules for rescheduled and deferred debt. Creditor governments commit to incorporate these terms in the bilateral agreements negotiated with the debtor government that implements the Agreed Minute. Paris Club creditors will agree to reschedule only with countries that have an IMF upper credit tranche arrangement (Stand-By Arrangement or Extended Fund Facility (EFF)), a Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility (PRGF) arrangement, or a Rights Accumulation Program.

Agreement refers to an explicit or implicit arrangement between firms normally in competition with each other to their mutual benefit. Agreements to restrict competition may cover such matters as prices, production, markets and customers.

The objective of the Agreement on the Conservation of Small Cetaceans of the Baltic and North Seas (ASCOBANS) is to secure close co-operation between parties in order to achieve and maintain a favourable conservation status for small cetaceans. Each party to the agreement, within the limits of its jurisdiction and in accordance with its international obligations, is required to abide by a range of conservation, research and management measures.

Any contractual relationship between any public and/or private party for the exploitation and management of natural resources.; A legally binding agreement between the Organization and a Vendor which provides for the performance of works or services for the Organization. For purposes of this Manual Section, the term "services" will include works and services, as well as goods associated with the supply of works and services.

It is a broad concept that covers input suppliers, agro-processors, traders, exporters and retailers. Agro-industry also is a broad concept that refers to the establishment of enterprises and supply chains for developing, transforming and distributing specific inputs and products in the agricultural sector.

Entrepreneurial development models that provide a common environment (either physical or virtual) for nascent agro-based companies, where they have access to shared infrastructure and networking, coaching, business and financial services.

Biotechnology applied to agricultural processes.; Agricultural biotechnologies encompass a wide-range of tools and methodologies that are being applied to some extent in crops, livestock, forestry, fisheries and aquaculture, and agro-industries, to help alleviate hunger and poverty, assist in adaptation to climate change, and maintain the natural resource base, in developing countries.