Statistical Terms Glossary

Expenditures and activities aiming at the minimisation of natural hazards and of their impacts. They may include the following natural hazards: forest fires, floods, avalanches, landslides, storms, droughts, earthquakes and volcanic eruptions.

See Minimum pension

Lower limit to the interest rates at which counterparties may submit bids in the variable rate tenders of the main refinancing operations. This is one of the key ECB interest rates reflecting the stance of monetary policy. Lower limit to the interest rates at which counterparties may submit bids in the variable rate tenders of the main refinancing operations. This is one of the key ECB interest rates reflecting the stance of monetary policy.

Biological reference pointthat indicates aspawning biomasslevel under which the observed biomasses during a period of years, are small and the associated recruitments are smaller than the mean or median recruitment.

The minimum theoretical duration of an education programme for the purposes of classifying a programme at a given ISCED level or for determining completion or partial completion of a given ISCED level.

See Energy standards

The minimum level of pension benefits the plan pays out in all circumstances.

The lowest individual size allowed in landings or markets. Established by fishery management and enforced through control at landing sites or markets, it is intended to minimize the catch of small (undersized) fish or juveniles giving them a better chance to grow before being vulnerable to fishing. Based on yield per recruit considerations and models, it aims at avoiding or correcting growth overfishing.

The primary goal of the adoption of a minimum wage policy is to set a floor for a national wage structure so as to protect low-waged earners. It is designed to improve the earnings of those disproportionately represented at the bottom end of the occupational hierarchy, namely women, migrants, and other groups susceptible to discrimination.

Mining wastes are mining-related by—products of two types:
(a) mining-and-quarrying extraction wastes which are barren soils removed from mining and quarrying sites during the preparation for mining and quarrying and do not enter into the dressing and beneficiating processes, and
(b). mining—and-quarrying dressing and beneficiating wastes which are obtained during the process of separating minerals from ores and other materials extracted during mining-and-quarrying activities.
These wastes occupy valuable land and cause harm to stream life when they are deposited near the drainage area of a stream

Established in 2002, the Ministry of Information and Communications Technology [MoICT] is at the heart of the Kingdom's transformation into a knowledge based economy that contributes to the socio-economic development of the Kingdom.   MoICT is the policy maker of information technology, telecommunications, and post in Jordan. The ministry’s policy calls for market liberalization, ending monopoly and withdrawal of the government from its majority ownership position in telecom & postal operators and public-private partnerships.

Orphan (or minor) crops are those crops which are typically not traded internationally, but which can play an important role in regional food security.; Food crops such as millet, sorghum and cassava, among many others that are primarily grown for subsistence as they are not commercially viable.; A diverse set of minor crops like tef, finger millet, yam, roots and tubers that tend to be regionally important but not traded around the world and receive no attention by research networks.

Conventional name describing various types of logical population partitioning into homogeneous population sub-sets defined by the survey planner with the purpose of increasing the precision of estimated population parameters. Estimates are always produced at minor stratum level.

Groups of people with specific ethnic, cultural, linguistic and/or religious backgrounds that differ significantly from the bulk of the population. Such groups are often referred to as minority groups as they represent, in each case, a relatively small proportion of the total population.

A reverse swap written with the original counterparty.

Miscellaneous current taxes consist of various types of taxes paid periodically, usually once a year; the most common are poll taxes, expenditure taxes, payments by households to obtain certain licences, and taxes on international transactions.

Miscellaneous current transfers consist of various different kinds of current transfers that may take place between resident institutional units or between resident and non-resident units.

The most common are: (a) current transfers to NPISHs; (b) current transfers between households; (c) fines and penalties; (d) lotteries and gambling; (e) payments of compensation.

Floating rate note where the coupons are reset regularly at shorter intervals than the coupon period.

FRN with a coupon structure that is refixed more often and for different maturities than the interest periods (e.g., the interest rate is based on six months’ LIBOR but adjusted every month).