Statistical Terms Glossary

Government net debt comprise all financial liabilities minus all financial assets of general government. Financial assets of the general government sector have a corresponding liability existing outside that sector. The exceptions are monetary gold and Special Drawing Rights, financial assets for which there is no counterpart liability.
Monetary gold and Special Drawing Rights may be included as assets of the general government sector or they may be classified as assets of the central bank, at the discretion of the government.

Short-term debt instruments issued by governments.

The government sector consists of the following resident institutional units: all units of central, state or local government; all social security funds at each level of government; all non-market non-profit institutions that are controlled and financed by government units.

This sector does not include public corporations, even when all the equity of such corporations is owned by government units. It also does not include quasi-corporations that are owned and controlled by government units.

Security dealer specializing in government debt instrument.

Is the online non-commercial interaction between local and central government and the commercial business sector, rather than private individuals (G2C

Government units are unique kinds of legal entities established by political processes that have legislative, judicial or executive authority over other institutional units within a given area.

Government units are unique kinds of legal entities established by political processes which have legislative, judicial or executive authority over other institutional units within a given area.

For patents: when the government itself uses or authorizes other persons to use the rights over a patented product or process, for government purposes, without the permission of the patent owner.

Body within government whose purpose is to design, coordinate and implement government policies for gender equality, and which is normally located in the government hierarchy (i.e. in a ministry or in the Prime Minister’s Office).

A government-dependent private institution is an institution that receives more than 50 per cent of its core funding from government agencies. The term “government dependent” refers only to the degree of a private institution’s dependence on funding from government sources; it does not refer to the degree of government direction or regulation.

Is the communication link between a government and private individuals or residents. Such G2C communication most often refers to that which takes place through Information Communication Technologies (or ICTs), but can also include direct mail and media campaigns. G2C can take place at the federal, state, and local levels. G2C stands in contrast to G2B, or Government-to-Business networks.

Is the online non-commercial interaction between Government organisations, departments, and authorities and other Government organisations, departments, and authorities. Its use is common in the UK, along with G2C, the online non-commercial interaction of local and central Government and private individuals, and G2B the online non-commercial interaction of local and central Government and the commercial business sector.

Reflects females’ level of access to education compared to that of males. This is calculated for each school phase. ESCWA calculate GPI as the ratio of Girls to Boys.

A vehicle tracking system .

The period allowed in a loan schedule during which repayments of loan principal need not be made.

The grace period for principal is the period from the date of signature of the loan or the issue of the financial instrument to the first repayment of principal. The repayment period is the period from the first to last repayment of principal. Maturity is the sum of both periods: grace plus repayment periods.

Stage of instruction usually covered in one school year.

A measure of the rate of change in the difference in water pressure from one location, level, or depth to another.

A person who has successfully completed the final year of a level or sub-level of education. In some countries completion occurs as a result of passing an examination or a series of examinations. In other countries it occurs after a requisite number of course hours have been accumulated. Sometimes both types of completion occur within a country.

In the context of Paris Club reschedulings, the term refers to a repayment schedule where principal repayments gradually increase over the repayment period, reflecting an expected improvement in the repayment capacity of a debtor country. Creditors have made increasing use of the graduated payments, replacing flat payment schedules where equal amounts of principal repayments were made over the repayment period: from the creditor perspective, graduated payments provide for principal repayments starting earlier, and, from the debtor perspective, they avoid a large jump in debt service.

Successful completion of an educational programme. Note that it is possible for a single graduate to have more than one graduation (even within the same academic year) if they were enrolled simultaneously in two or more programmes and successfully completed them.

Successful completion is defined by each country. In some countries, completion is defined in terms of passing an examination or a series of examinations. In other countries, completion occurs after a requisite number of course hours have been accumulated (although completion of some or all of the course hours may also involve examinations).

The Grand Banks are a group of underwater plateaus southeast of Newfoundland on the North American continental shelf. These areas are relatively shallow, ranging from 25 to 100 metres in depth. The cold Labrador Current mixes with the warm waters of the Gulf Stream here.