Statistical Terms Glossary

The main market interest rates - includes LIBOR, U.S. prime rate, U.S. federal funds rate and certain others, depending on where it is used.

The term used to describe the main interest rate set by the central bank (or equivalent) and which effectively governs other market interest rates. In the U.S., it is the federal funds rate.

Is the practice of tracking (or logging) the keys struck on a keyboard, typically in a covert manner so that the person using the keyboard is unaware that their actions are being monitored. There are numerous keylogging methods, ranging from hardware and software-based to electromagnetic and acoustic analysis.

See loan with equity kicker.

Standardised unit of account representing a river stretch of one kilometer with a water flow of one cubic metre of water per second.

Standardised unit of account representing a river stretch of one kilometre with a water flow of one cubic metre of water per second.

The kilowatt hour is a composite unit of energy equivalent to one kilowatt (1 kW) of power sustained for one hour. One watt is equal to 1 J/s. One kilowatt hour is 3.6 megajoules which is the amount of energy converted if work is done at an average rate of one thousand watts for one hour.

A kind-of-activity unit is an enterprise or part of an enterprise that engages in only one kind of productive activity or in which the principal productive activity accounts for most of the value added. Compared with the establishment, in the case of such a unit, there is no restriction on the geographic area in which the activity is carried out but it is characterized by homogeneity of activity.

A kind-of-activity unit is an enterprise or part of an enterprise that engages in only one kind of productive activity or in which the principal productive activity accounts for most of the value added. Compared with the establishment, the KAU is not restricted on the geographic area in which the activity is carried out but it is characterized by homogeneity of activity.

The kitchen is normally defined as a four – wall – room with a ceiling typically used for preparing food. Kitchens are classified as follows: 1. Kitchen with Piped Water: This category applies to cases involving a water tap in the kitchen. 2. Kitchen without Piped Water: This category applies to cases not involving a water tap in the kitchen. 3. No Kitchen: This category applies when there is no separate kitchen in the Housing unit.

Bond issued in New Zealand dollars on the New Zealand market by non New Zealand borrowers.

KLEMS multi-factor productivity (MFP) is a productivity measure that relates gross output to primary (capital and labour) and intermediate inputs (energy, other intermediate goods, services)

The Knowledge Economy Index (KEI) takes into account whether the environment is conducive for knowledge to be used effectively for economic development. It is an aggregate index that represents the overall level of development of a country or region towards the Knowledge Economy. The KEI is calculated based on the average of the normalized performance scores of a country or region on all 4 pillars related to the knowledge economy - economic incentive and institutional regime, education and human resources, the innovation system and ICT

A hub is a centre of activity or interest or a focal point. A knowledge hub, therefore, is a centre or focal point for the exchange of knowledge, support, development and ideas.

The Knowledge Index is the average of the rankings of the performance of a country or region in three areas of the so-called Knowledge Economy, namely, education, innovation and information and communications technology.

Involves activities related to the capture, use and sharing of knowledge by the organisation. It involves the management both of external linkages and of knowledge flows within the enterprise, including methods and procedures for seeking external knowledge and for establishing closer relationships with other enterprises (suppliers, competitors), customers or research institutions. In addition to practices for gaining new knowledge, knowledge management involves methods for sharing and using knowledge, including establishing value systems for sharing knowledge and practices for codifying routines.

Comprises a range of strategies and practices used in an organization to identify, create, represent, distribute, and enable adoption of insights and experiences. Such insights and experiences comprise knowledge, either embodied in individuals or embedded in organizational processes or practice.

Knowledge Networks is the term given to different types of team or social networks and communities that are recognised, from a KM perspective, to add significant value to the creation, dissemination and application of better knowledge at a much faster rate.

To empower poor and disadvantaged communities through transforming selected existing ICT access points into knowledge hubs of global knowledge networks, providing, developing, organizing, sharing and disseminating knowledge pertinent to these communities.

Is a technology park located 30 kilometres from Muscat and 10 minutes drive from Muscat International Airport. KOM neighbours Rusayl Industrial Estate - the Sultanate's largest industrial park - and Sultan Qaboos University. KOM-based companies vary in size, with organisations employing anything from two people to over 300. They all benefit from a range of core facilities, as well as business support from the Public Establishment for Industrial Estates, which manages the park.

Is an activity through which knowledge (i.e. information, skills, or expertise) is exchanged among people, friends, or members of a family, a community (e.g. Wikipedia) or an organization.

Is an expression coined to describe trends in advanced economies towards greater dependence on knowledge, information and high skill levels, and the increasing need for ready access to all of these by the business and public sectors.

Include commercially recoverable deposits, potential commercially recoverable deposits and non-commercial and other known deposits.

Established in 1989 the Korean Institute of Criminology (KIC) is the only national crime and criminal justice research agency in the Republic of Korea. In 1999, as a member of the Korean Research Council for Humanities and Social Sciences, the KIC became an entity within the Office of the Prime Minister.