Statistical Terms Glossary

The volume of standing trees, living or dead, above stump measured over bark to the top. Includes all trees regardless of diameter, tops of stems, large branches and dead trees lying on the ground which can still be used for fibre or fuel. Excludes small branches, twigs and foliage.

This is an interim agreement between a debtor country and its commercial banking creditors that defers principal repayments of medium- and long-term debt and rolls over short-term obligations, pending agreement on debt reorganization. The objective is to give the debtor continuing access to a minimum amount of trade-related financing while negotiations take place and to prevent some banks from abruptly withdrawing their facilities at the expense of others.

Is an independent, nonprofit research institute conducting client-sponsored research and development for government agencies, commercial businesses, foundations, and other organizations. SRI also brings its innovations to the marketplace by licensing its intellectual property and creating new ventures.

Eurodollar issue where interest rates have been set too low to attract investors. Called Star Trek because they were priced where no man dared to go ( a reference to the Star Trek TV show).

The right side of a vessel as determined by looking toward the bow.

Startup is a company with a limited operating history. These companies, generally newly created, are in a phase of development and research for markets. The term became popular internationally during the dot-com bubble when a great number of dot-com companies were founded. A high tech startup company is a startup company specialized in a high tech industry.

Is used to resolve disputes between Registrants and IP Claimants over the registration or use of a domain name that is subject to the IP Claim Service. STOP is exclusive to the .biz top-level domain and may only be used by those IP holders that submitted an IP Claim.

Was created in the Czech Republic in 2000 to replace the State Fund for Market Regulation (SFMR), which had operated since 1992. In addition to regulating markets (through direct intervention in the domestic market and export refunds), the new legislation gives SAIF the power to introduce production quotas, set-aside schemes and to provide direct payments to producers.

State governments are institutional units exercising some of the functions of government at a level below that of central government and above that of the governmental institutional units existing at a local level; they are institutional units whose fiscal, legislative and executive authority extends only over the individual “states” (often referred to as “provinces”) into which the country as a whole may be divided.

In the context of environmental indicators for agriculture is an indicator that expresses an actual resource condition, usually based on direct field measurement.

The process for issuing an introduction from the sea certificate as well as other issues identified for further consideration in the final report of the CITES Workshop on Introduction from the Sea Issues.

The State in the national territory of which an accident or incident occurs.

The State on whose register the aircraft is entered.

The State in which the operator’s principal place of business is located or, if there is no such place of business, the operator’s permanent residence.

An appreciation of the situation of a stock, usually expressed as: protected, under exploited, intensively exploited, fully exploited, over-exploited, depleted, extinct or commercially extinct.

A state trading enterprise (or body) is an enterprise authorised to engage in trade that is owned, sanctioned, or otherwise supported by the government. Many STEs enjoy monopoly control over imports or exports

A set of pricing methods where people are asked how much they would agree to pay for avoiding a degradation of the environment or, alternatively, how much they would ask as a compensation for the degradation.
Alternatively, people can be asked to make trade-offs among different alternatives, from which their willingness to pay can be estimated. These methods include contingent valuation which is a direct method and conjoint analysis approaches (contingent ranking, rating, etc.) which are indirect. Both generate welfare estimates of environmental benefits/damages based on stated willingness to pay.

Money which is not part of the currency of any one country. Eurocurrency deposits are an example.

Are persons who are not recognised as citizens of any state.

A statement used in conventional accounting which summarizes the financing and investing activities of an entity, including the extent to which the enterprise has generated funds from operations during the period and for completing the disclosure of changes in financial position during the period. The first English term is the one recommended by the U.S. Accounting Principles Board (APB) since 1971; the second term is the one found most frequently in the World Bank and IFC; and the third is the most common one used in the U.S. prior to the APB recommendation. The other terms are also found.