Statistical Terms Glossary

One of a series of concentric zones on a calcified structure (CS) that may be interpreted in terms of age.

An online decision support system for early warning about hotspots of agricultural production anomaly (crop and rangeland), developed by the JRC for food security crises prevention and response planning anticipation.

see ozone hole.

Antenatal care (ANC) constitutes screening for health and socioeconomic conditions likely to increase the possibility of specific adverse pregnancy outcomes; providing therapeutic interventions known to be effective; and educating pregnant women about planning for safe birth and emergencies during pregnancy and how to deal with them.

A high-rank, hard coal with a gross calorific value (moist, ash-free basis) greater than or equal to 24 MJ/kg and a vitrinite mean random reflectance greater than or equal to 2.0 per cent.

The technique that deals with the measurement of size, weights and proportions of the human body. The anthropometrics measurements described here are standing height, recumbent length and weight, in relation to the age and sex of the child and in accordance with the guidelines developed by the CDC and recommended by the WHO..

Anticompetitive practices refer to a wide range of business practices in which a firm or group of firms may engage in order to restrict inter-firm competition to maintain or increase their relative market position and profits without necessarily providing goods and services at a lower cost or of higher quality.

An anti-dumping duty is a duty levied on imported commodities. Article VI of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) permits special anti-dumping duties that are equal to the difference between the import price and the normal value of the product in the exporting country (the “dumping margin”).

Anti-dumping measures can be adopted after an investigation of the importing country, when dumping and material injury resulting therefrom has occurred.
Anti-dumping measures may take the form of anti-dumping duties or of price undertakings. Anti-dumping duties are generally enterprise-specific duties levied on certain goods to offset the dumping margin. Anti-dumping price undertakings may be offered to exporters to avoid the imposition of anti-dumping duties.

See:Antitrust

Antiques and other art objects are non-financial, tangible, produced assets that are not used primarily for production or consumption, that are expected to appreciate or at least not to decline in real value, that do not deteriorate over time under normal conditions and that are acquired and held primarily as stores of value; they comprise paintings, sculptures, etc, which are recognised as works of art and antiques.

Antitrust refers to a field of economic policy and laws dealing with monopoly and monopolistic practices. Antitrust law or antitrust policy are terms primarily used in the United States, while in many other countries the terms competition law or policy are used. Some countries have utilized the phrases Fair Trading or Antimonopoly law.

It is a part of a building or a house, consisting of one room or more and annexed with kitchen, bathroom and toilet, which are all, closed by external door, leading to the road through a stair way and/or path way. It is prepared usually for one household

APEC is the Forum for Economic Co-operation of 21 countries, formed in 1989, to promote free trade and investment flows, economic growth and stability in the Asia Pacific region.

Loan whereby IBRD lends money to an apex development financial unit which on lends it to participating financial institutions which, in turn on lend it to industrial companies.