Statistical Terms Glossary

Is a technology that allows a computer to detect voice and dual-tone multi-frequency signalling (DTMF) keypad inputs. IVR technology is used extensively in telecommunication, but is also being introduced into automobile systems for hands-free operation.

The "Inter-Agency 3-Alpha Code" was developed by the Coordinating Working Party on Fishery Statistics(CWP) to establish a common system to exchange data among the members and facilitate the reporting of fishery statistics from national correspondents. Once a 3-alpha identifier has been assigned to a species item it is not changed and thus it is a permanent reference to a species item. Codes for species items which have been cancelled, often because recognized as synonym of a valid species, are not reused but are considered as 'dead codes'.

The Inter-Agency Network on Women and Gender Equality (IANWGE) is a network of Gender Focal Points in United Nations offices, specialized agencies, funds and programmes and is chaired by UN Women. UN Women also serves as the Secretariat for the Network. All UN member entities are represented in the Network. The network supports and monitors the implementation of: the Beijing Platform for Action adopted at the Fourth World Conference on Women and the outcome of the twenty-third United Nations General Assembly special session "Women 2000: gender equality, development and peace for the twenty-first century" (Beijing+5); and gender-related recommendations emanating from other recent UN General Assembly special sessions, conferences and summits, especially by ensuring effective co-operation and coordination throughout the UN system. The Network also monitors and oversees the mainstreaming of a gender perspective in the programmatic, normative and operational work of the UN system. IANWGE's work follows guidelines recommended by the United Nations System Chief Executives Board (CEB) for Coordination, and its two high level committees, the High Level Committee on Programmes (HLCP) and the High Level Committee on Management (HLCM).

See International interbank market

Rate of interest offered by banks for their loans to the most creditworthy banks for a large loan, for a specific period and in a specific currency. The best known one is the London one (LIBOR), but they also exist for Abu Dhabi (ADIBOR), Amsterdam (AIBOR), Bahrein (BIBOR), Brussels (BRIBOR), Hong Kong (HIBOR) or (HKIBOR), Kuwait (KIBOR), Luxembourg (LUXIBOR), Madrid (MIBOR), Paris (PIBOR) (occasionally known as taux interbancaire offert a Paris - TIOP), Saudi Arabia (SAIBOR), Singapore (SIBOR), 6 month
SDRs (SDRIBOR), Zurich (ZIBOR) and other financial centers.

The interbank overnight lending market is a market where depository institutions buy or sell funds needed to meet a reserve requirement at the end of the trading day. In this market, banks can sell their excess reserves to other banks with insufficient reserves at the overnight inter-bank lending rate. The central bank typically serves as the institutional basis of the overnight lending market. Should demand for funds exceed/fall short of expectations -- reflected also in a sharp movement in the market determined overnight lending rate -- the central bank may increase/decrease liquidity in the system. Periodically, the central bank may reduce/raise the target overnight lending rate in order to signal a change in monetary policy

Interbank positions refers to the asset and liability positions of banks vis-à-vis other banks

It refers to the measure of homogeneity of study population units within clusters.

Different parts or things connected or related to each other.

A charge levied by network operators on other service providers to recover the costs of the interconnection facilities (including the hardware and software for routing, signalling, and other basic service functions) provided by the network operators.

Interest is the amount that the debtor becomes liable to pay to the creditor over a given period of time without reducing the amount of principal outstanding, under the terms of the financial instrument agreed between them.

Option in a restructuring agreement which allows creditor banks to alter the interest rate base, either by having a fixed rate or a variable rate linked to a specific rate such as LIBOR.

Notes on which interest is paid

Converting deferred interest payment into new debt instruments.

An interest concession is a reduction, compared with commercial interest rates, in the interest rate charged on a loan taken out. Such concessions are typically provided directly by a government agency or by a government grant to a lending bank (in the case of a commercial loan).

Net income before interest expenses divided by interest expenses. IFC's definition is "The number of times income, after deducting all expenses except borrowing charges and provision for losses, covers borrowing charges."

Changes in U.S. interest rates due to movement of funds from the U.S. to the Eurodollar markets.