Statistical Terms Glossary

An education institution is classified as public if it is:
(1) controlled and managed directly by a public education authority or agency; or
(2) is controlled and managed either by a government agency directly or by a governing body (Council, Committee etc.), most of whose members are appointed by a public authority or elected by public franchise.

Programmes include: placement, counselling and vocational guidance; job-search courses and related forms of intensified counselling for persons with difficulties in finding employment; support of geographic mobility and similar costs in connection with job search and placement.

World Bank loan to help rationalize the finances of a public enterprise.

World Bank loan to help reform the finances of a public enterprise.

World Bank loan to help rehabilitate the finances of a public enterprise.

Government enterprises and public corporations are in either case organisations which are entirely, or mainly, owned and/or controlled by the public authorities consisting of establishments which by virtue of their kind of activities, technology and mode of operation are classed as industries.

Public exchanges and securities markets are organized exchanges and entities such as security depository companies, accounting and clearing offices, and other companies providing exchange- related services. Depositories and electronic clearing systems operated by financial corporations fall into this subsector, as do national self-regulatory organizations that regulate or supervise exchanges and related units

Total public expend International Telecommunication Union re on education (current and capital) expressed as a percentage of total government expend International Telecommunication Union re in a given financial year.

Current and capital expenditures on education by local, regional and national governments, including municipalities. Household contributions are excluded.

Refers to expenditure on health care incurred by public funds. Public funds are state, regional and local Government bodies and social security schemes. Public capital formation on health includes publicly-financed investment in health facilities plus capital transfers to the private sector for hospital construction and equipment. Public funds correspond to HF.1 in the ICHA-HF classification of health care financing.

The external debt obligations of the public sector.

IWT enterprise which is principally owned (more than 50 per cent of the capital) by the State or public authorities and their enterprises.

A public Internet access centre (PIAC) is a site, location, centre of instruction at which Internet access is made available to the public, on a full-time or part-time basis. This may include digital community centres, Internet cafés, libraries, education centres and other similar establishments, whenever they offer Internet access to the general public. All such centres should have at least one public computer for Internet access. It is very useful to classify centres by type, as illustrated by way of example in Figure 1. A further breakdown into private and governmental establishments is also necessary.

Are identifiable because of particular historical, national, regional, local, religious or symbolic significance.

A country's telephone system, including local loops, exchanges, trunks, and international links for providing telephone service to the general public.

An offering of an original issue of stock through public sale.

These include people who hold a legislative, administrative or judicial office (either appointed or elected); any person exercising a public function, including for a public agency or a public enterprises (e.g. a state owned enterprise); any official or agent of a public international organisation.

Oil pipeline enterprise which is principally owned (more than 50 per cent of the capital) by the State or public authorities and their enterprises.

Pension funds that are regulated under public sector law.

Social security and similar statutory programmes administered by the general government (that is central, state, and local governments, as well as other public sector bodies such as social security institutions). Public pension plans have been traditionally PAYG financed, but some OECD countries have partial funding of public pension liabilities or have replaced these plans by private pension plans.

A pipeline transport enterprise which is principally owned (more than 50 per cent of the capital) by the State or public authorities and their enterprises.

A port enterprise which is principally owned (more than 50 per cent of the capital) by the State or public authorities and their enterprises.

Describes a government service or private business venture which is funded and operated through a partnership of government and one or more private sector companies.PPP involves a contract between a public sector authority and a private party, in which the private party provides a public service or project and assumes substantial financial, technical and operational risk in the project. In some types of PPP, the cost of using the service is borne exclusively by the users of the service and not by the taxpayer.

Road transport enterprise which is principally owned (greater than 50% of the capital) by the State or public authorities and their enterprises.

Transport of passengers by bus or tram in scheduled service, whether operated by a public or private enterprise.

A road transport enterprise which is principally owned (more than 50 per cent of the capital) by the State or public authorities and their enterprises.