Statistical Terms Glossary

Refers to the requirement of the Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) Agreement applying to WTO members which do not yet provide product patent protection for pharmaceuticals and for agricultural chemicals. Since 1 January 1995, when the WTO agreements entered into force, these countries have to establish a means by which applications of patents for these products can be filed. (An additional requirement says they must also put in place a system for granting “exclusive marketing rights” for the products whose patent applications have been filed.)

The level of aggregation immediately below GDP. There are seven main aggregates of which the most important are individual consumption expenditure by households, individual consumption expenditure by government, collective consumption expenditure by government and gross fixed capital formation.

A signal distribution frame for connecting equipment (inside plant) to cables and subscriber carrier equipment (outside plant). The MDF is a termination point within the local Telephone exchange where exchange equipment and terminations of local loops are connected by jumper wires at the MDF. All cable copper pairs supplying services through user telephone lines are terminated at the MDF and distributed through the MDF to equipment within the local Exchange e.g. repeaters and DSLAM. Cables to intermediate distribution frames terminate at the MDF. Trunk cables may terminate on the same MDF or on a separate Trunk Main Distribution Frame (TMDF).

Is the main work of the enterprise based on the (ISIC Rev4) and that contribute by the large proportion of the value added whenever more than one activity exist in the enterprise.

The job at which the person usually works the most hours in his\her main job or the most frequently in the recent months. If a person usually works the same number of hours at two jobs, the “main” job is the job at which the person has been employed the longest period.

The job or type of work performed by the employed person or used to be performed by the unemployed ever worked. The occupation refers to the activity in which the employed works more than half of work hours or the most frequent job during the last three months before reference data.

Main railway lines comprise the high-speed railway lines and important major conventional railway lines as defined by national or international authorities.

A regular open market operation executed by the Eurosystem in the form of reverse transactions. As of 10 March 2004 such operations are carried out through a weekly standard tender and normally have a maturity of one week.

Serves for national or inter district traffic and including road extension within a locality.

For those countries wishing to collect this information, the following categories of main source of drinking water are recommended:
1. Piped water inside the unit.
2. Piped water outside the unit but within 200 metres.
3. Other.

1. Public Water Network: A network of pipes for the purpose of providing clean water to households. 2. Collection Water Wells: Wells that are dug in the ground for the purpose of collecting rain water. 3. Springs: Water that is discharged from the ground at an intersection point between the topographic surface and the groundwater table; it could be permanent or seasonal, and it is considered as one of the natural resources for irrigation. 4. Water Tanks: Using water from vehicles that distribute and transfer water. 5. Others: If the source of water was not mentioned above.

The main transport within a trip which has been used for the longest distance.

Air ports on which different kinds of aircrafts land and provide various services whether on air or on ground, they are established out of cities and have runways

Services available to any member of a population, regardless of whether they have a disability – for example, public transport, education and training, labour and employment services, housing, health and income support systems.

The consistent and systematic approach to disability inclusion in all areas of operations and programming.

Maintenance (cost) valuation (environmental accounting) is a method of measuring imputed environmental (depletion and degradation) costs caused by economic activities of households and industries. The value of the maintenance cost depends on the avoidance, restoration, replacement or prevention activities chosen

Maintenance and operations personnel refers to personnel who support the maintenance and operation of schools, school security and ancillary services, such as the transportation of students to and from school and food services operations. This category includes the following types of personnel: masons, carpenters, electricians, locksmiths, maintenance repairers, painters and paperhangers, plasterers, plumbers, and vehicle mechanics. It also includes bus drivers and other vehicle operators, construction workers, gardeners and groundskeepers, bus monitors and crossing guards, cooks/food carers, custodians, food servers, dormitory supervisors, and security guards.

Ordinary maintenance and repairs of fixed assets are activities that owners or users of fixed assets are obliged to undertake periodically in order to be able to utilise assets over their expected service lives (they are current costs that cannot be avoided if the fixed assets are to continue to be used).

Maintenance and repairs do not change the fixed asset or its performance, but simply maintain it in good working order or restore it to its previous condition in the event of a breakdown (note the contrast between this item and “major renovations or enlargements").

Expenditure necessary to sustain airport operations by maintaining the fixed infrastructure and essential equipment.

Hypothetical costs that would have been incurred in order to meet hypothetical environmental standards using current costs and technologies. They comprise avoidance costs – structural adjustment costs and abatement and restoration costs.

Expenditure necessary to maintain aircraft and their engines in an airworthy condition.

Non-capital expenditure to maintain aircrafts and their engines in working order without improving their performance or capacity.

Non-capital expenditure to maintain the condition and capacity of the existing airport infrastructure and essential equipment.

Expenditure for keeping infrastructure in working order.

Non-capital expenditure to maintain the condition and capacity of the existing pipelines infrastructure.

Non-capital expenditure to maintain the condition and capacity of the existing port infrastructure and essential equipment.

Non-capital expenditure to maintain the condition and capacity of the existing railway infrastructure and essential equipment.