Statistical Terms Glossary

Includes a mixture of non-condensable gases, mainly consisting of hydrogen, methane, ethane and olefins obtained during distillation of crude oil or treatment of oil products (e.g., cracking) in refineries or from nearby petrochemical plants.

Refinery gas is defined as non-condensable gas obtained during distillation of crude oil or treatment of oil products (e.g. cracking) in refineries. It consists mainly of hydrogen, methane, ethane and olefins. It includes gases which are returned from the petrochemical industry.

Reforestation is artificial or natural re—establishment of forest in an area that was previously under forest cover

The Uruguay Round Agriculture Agreement starts a reform process. It sets out a first step, in the process, i.e. a programme for reducing subsidies and protection and other reforms. Current negotiations launched under Article 20 are for continuing the reform process.

Insulated wagon using a source of cold (natural ice, with or without the addition of salt; eutectic plates; dry ice, with or without sublimation control; liquefied gases, with or without evaporation control; etc.) other than a mechanical or "absorption" unit.

A temporary camp built up by governments, the United Nations, international organizations ornon-governmental organizations to receive refugees.

Persons World Health Organization [WHO] are recognized as refugees under the 1951 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees and its 1967 Protocol or under the 1969 Organization of African Unity Convention Governing the Specific Aspects of Refugee Problems in Africa; those granted refugee status in accordance with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Statute; those granted humanitarian status or temporary protection by the State in which they find themselves; those in refugee-like international Telecommunication Union actions; and Palestinian refugees registered with UNRWA.

Any woman who meets the eligibility criteria under the applicable refugee definition, as provided for in international or regional refugee instruments, under the mandate of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, and/or in national legislation.

The practice of refusing or denying supply of a product to a purchaser, usually a retailer or wholesaler. The practice may be adopted in order to force a retailer to engage in resale price maintenance (RPM), i.e., not to discount the product in question, or to support an exclusive dealing arrangement with other purchasers or to sell the product only to a specific class of customers or geographic region. Refusal to deal/sell may also arise if the purchaser is a bad credit risk, does not carry sufficient inventory or provide adequate sales service, product advertising and display, etc. The competitive effects of refusal to deal/sell generally have to be weighed on a case-by-case basis.

Refuse reclamation is the conversion of solid wastes into useful products, for example, composting organic waste to make soil conditioners, and separating aluminium and other metals for melting and recycling

Harness ecosystem services (ES) and natural processes in the productive process, optimizing the use of local renewable resources and minimizing negative externalities.

The selected goods and services priced for the purpose of compiling a price index.

A group of people who participate in a temporary demographic phenomenon and make their observations over a period of time. For example, groups born in 1900, which means those born in that year. There are also marriage cohorts, the class cohort ... etc

A Regional Central Bank is an international financial institution that acts as a common central bank for a group of Member countries.

A regional central bank is an international financial institution which acts as a common central bank for a group of member countries

A subregional, regional or a similar organization with competence, as recognised under international law, to establish conservation and management measures for living marine resources placed under its responsibility by virtue of the convention or agreement by which it was established.; An intergovernmental fisheries organization or arrangement, as appropriate, that has the competence to establish conservation and management measures.

A regional Internet registry (RIR) is an organization overseeing the allocation and registration of Internet number resources within a particular region of the world. Resources include IP addresses (both IPv4 and IPv6) and autonomous system numbers (for use in BGP routing).

Fund set up jointly by the World Bank, United Nations Development Programme and the African Development Bank to provide governments with initial resources needed to build their capacity to consider the social costs of adjustment in their macroeconomic policymaking. The Fund was set up in December 1987, with initial funding of $10 million.

Branching off from, or lining, main roads, It includes along the road within a locality.