Statistical Terms Glossary

New construction refers to site preparation for, and construction of, entirely new structures and/or significant extensions to existing structures whether or not the site was previously occupied.

Describes aspects or sectors of an economy that are producing or intensely using innovative or new technologies. This relatively new concept applies particularly to industries where people depend more and more on computers, telecommunications and the Internet to produce, sell and distribute goods and services.

See: Birth of enterprise, creation (of business)

New entrants to a level of education are students who are entering any programme leading to a recognised qualification at this level of education for the first time, irrespective of whether the students enter the programme at the beginning or at an advanced stage of the programme.

Goods that are significantly different from existing goods. They are generally produced on entirely new production lines using production inputs and processes that are considerably newer than those used to produce existing goods.

Authority approved by the World Bank Board of Directors on December 2, 1986, authorizing investment in financial futures and options for U.S.dollars and pound sterling. It also authorized extension of the five-year and three-month maximum maturity limit in securities eligible for the portfolio, investment in eligible securities of all maturities and controlling the risk implicit in these by substituting the five-year three-month maturity limit on individual securities with the establishment of an average duration range of not less than three months and not more than four years for the U.S. dollar and non-dollar portfolios. See General Investment Authorization.

In the field of debt restructuring, additional finance provided by lending institutions, as opposed to rollover of existing financing.

Bond issues by debtor countries in exchange for existing debt or as prime instruments to raise new money.

A facility for lending new money as opposed to rolling over existing debt.

Financial instruments for dealing with debt involving new money rather than rolling over existing debt.

Financing package involving additional funds and not just rolling over existing debt.

New orders indicators provide a measure of the value of orders received by the unit during the reference period. It is defined as the value of all legally binding contracts between a producer and a consumer for future deliveries by the producer of goods or services.

Is an economic development program of the African Union. NEPAD was adopted at the 37th session of the Assembly of Heads of State and Government in July 2001 in Lusaka, Zambia. NEPAD aims to provide an overarching vision and policy framework for accelerating economic co-operation and integration among African countries.

New school leavers as captured in labour force surveys are defined as those individuals who were in initial education about one year before the survey, but who were not at the time of the survey.

Definition Various concepts and appellations exist for the different technology-based institutional forms that have emerged over the past 20-30 years. Similar concepts may have different names and the same appellation may refer to initiatives with more or less wide differences in format and objectives. Many of the new institutional forms designed to support technology capacity building are situated in a specific physical location with both public and private sector institutions co-operating through actions essentially aimed at building bridges between academia and industry, promoting innovation in SMEs and encouraging investment in technology-based start-up firms.

Difficulty in comparing prices between two periods when a product enters the basket only in period 2, so that a price for the product does not exist in period 1.

Is a repository usually within the Usenet system, for messages posted from many users in different locations. The term may be confusing to some, because it is usually a discussion group. Newsgroups are technically distinct from, but functionally similar to, discussion forums on the World Wide Web. Newsreader software is used to read newsgroups.

Similar to a discussion forum, to view and post messages to a newsgroup. Users need a news reader program that runs on their computer and connects them to a news server on the Internet. There are thousands of newsgroups.

Is a broad term to describe some key architectural evolutions in telecommunication core and access networks that will be deployed over the next 5–10 years.[when?] The general idea behind NGN is that one network transports all information and services (voice, data, and all sorts of media such as video) by encapsulating these into packets, like it is on the Internet. NGNs are commonly built around the Internet Protocol, and therefore the term "all-IP" is also sometimes used to describe the transformation toward NGN.

packages dependent network (Packet) able to provide telecommunications services to users and have the ability of broadband uses, that distinguished services are separated from the carrier technology and enables users to unlimited access to networks and service providers based on theirs desires.

A niche market is the subset of the market on which a specific product is focusing on; Therefore the market niche defines the specific product features aimed at satisfying specific market needs, as well as the price range, production quality and the demographics that is intended to impact.

Night work means all work which is performed during a period of not less than seven consecutive hours, including the interval from midnight to 5 a.m., to be determined by the competent authority after consulting the most representative organizations of employers and workers or by collective agreements.

A night worker is an employed person whose work requires the performance of a substantial number of hours of night work which exceeds a specified limit. This limit shall be fixed by the competent authority after consulting the most representative organizations of employers and workers or by collective agreements.