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Racks have routes 100 pair capacity using jump wire cables for the purpose of internal network connecting Lube with external network cables by pvc cables having capacity of 100 or 200 pair. Currently a gradual transformation of the old copper networks affected by 70% to FTTH optical access networks that provide the requirements of sound and image and all communications services.

The IRB approach of the Basel Capital Accord provides a single framework by which a given set of risk components or "inputs" are translated into minimum capital requirements. The framework allows for both a foundation method and more advanced methodologies. In the foundation method, banks estimate the probability of default associated with each borrower, and the bank supervisors supply the other inputs. In the advanced methodology, a bank with a sufficiently developed internal capital allocation process is permitted to supply other necessary inputs as well.

An internal satellite account is a re arrangement of the existing SNA transactions. SNA flows are presented and aggregated differently and in some case separated out from existing records by a process of “deconsolidation”.

Encompasses any measure which acts to maintain producer prices at levels above those prevailing in international trade; direct payments to producers, including deficiency payments, and input and marketing cost reduction measures available only for agricultural production.

Internal tourism is the tourism of visitors, both resident and non-resident, within the economic territory of the country of reference.

Internal tourism consumption comprises the consumption of both resident and non-resident visitors within the economic territory of the country of reference and/or that provided by residents. It is the sum of domestic tourism consumption and inbound tourism consumption.

The SNA treats as transactions certain kinds of actions within a unit to give a more analytically useful picture of final uses of output and of production; these transactions that involve only one unit are called internal, or intra-unit, transactions.

Waters landward of the baseline from which the marginal seas are measured and over which complete sovereignty is exercised.

A person who has been forced to leave their home, in particular as a result of armed conflict, generalized violence, violations of human rights, or natural or human-made disasters, but has not crossed an internationally recognized state border.

Students who have crossed a national or territorial border for the purpose of education and are now enrolled outside their country of origin.

A series of standards, developed by the London-based International Accounting Standards Board, that provide the underlying conceptual framework and specific standards for the preparation and presentation of financial statements of commercial, industrial, and business reporting enterprises, whether in the public or the private sector

Air transport on an international flight which takes place when the airports of departure and arrival are in different national territories.

Airport designated by the competent authorities in the territory of which it is situated as an airport of entry and departure for international air traffic, where the formalities incidental to customs, immigration, public health, agricultural quarantine and similar procedures are carried out, whether such facilities are provided on a full-time or part-time basis.

an airport offers customs facilities for passengers travelling between countries, on which more than one aircraft can land at the same time, has many runways and provides all kinds of services such as ( Baghdad, Erbil, Sulaimaniya, Basrah, Najaf, Mosul )

A section of the International Statistical Institute (ISI).

Is a regional fisheries management organisation established by the 1973 Gdansk Convention on Fishing and Conservation of the Living Resources in the Baltic Sea and the Belts.

Is one of five institutions that comprise the World Bank Group. The IBRD is an international organization whose original mission was to finance the reconstruction of nations devastated by World War II. Now, its mission has expanded to fight poverty by means of financing states. Its operation is maintained through payments as regulated by member states. It came into existence on December 27, 1945 following international ratification of the agreements reached at the United Nations Monetary and Financial Conference of July 1 to July 22, 1944 in Bretton Woods, New Hampshire.

One of the five organisations of the World Bank Group.

For these data, the term “international” refers to banks’ transactions in any currency with nonresidents plus their transactions in foreign (non-local) currency with residents.

International branch of a bank in a kind of internal free-trade zone in the U.S., which allows banks to engage in international banking without some of the usual restrictions facing domestic banks. Those restrictions from which IBFs are exempt include reserve requirements, payment of certain insurance premiums, and special relief from state tax.

These data cover international banking business and are compiled and disseminated by the BIS on a quarterly basis. The IBS system has two main datasets: locational banking statistics, which provide data on a residence basis; and consolidated banking statistics, for which reporting banking institutions provide data on a worldwide consolidated basis.

Generic term that refers to all freshwater. Includes shared waters, transboundary waters, international drainage basin, international water course.

Bond issued by a borrower in a foreign country. International bonds include foreign bonds, parallel bonds, and Eurobonds.

A carrier authorized to provide telecommunications services outside World Zone 1 using the international dialling plan; however, the carrier has the option of providing service to World Zone 1 points outside the forty-eight contiguous states of the United States.

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Is the largest, most representative business organization in the world. Its hundreds of thousands of member companies in over 130 countries have interests spanning every sector of private enterprise. A world network of national committees keeps the ICC International Secretariat in Paris informed about national and regional business priorities. More than 2,000 experts drawn from ICC’s member companies feed their knowledge and experience into crafting the ICC stance on specific business issues.

Are persons working for international organisations located in a country other than their own. They usually reside in that country under special visas or permits. Their dependants and domestic employees are generally allowed to accompany or join them.

Are defined with reference to the distinction between “paid employment” jobs on the one side and self-employment jobs on the other. Groups are defined with reference to one or more aspects of the economic risk and/or the type of authority which the explicit or implicit employment contract gives the incumbents or to which it subjects them.