Statistical Terms Glossary

Agriculture that sustainably increases productivity, resilience (adaptation), reduces/removes GHGs (mitigation), and enhances achievement of national food security and development goals.; Combining action to increase agricultural productivity and incomes with adaptation to climate change and reduce, when possible, green-house gas emissions from the agricultural sectors.

Medical unit in the hospital that offers medical services (preventive, curative) while the patient does not stay at hospital. in addition to the presence of doctors specialize.

Any waste coming out of health Care provided in hospitals or other health care centers. However the definition does not include health care waste resulting from health care at home.

A closed ecological system is an ecosystem that provides for the maintenance of life through complete reutilization of available material, in particular by means of cycles wherein exhaled carbon dioxide, fuel and other waste matter are converted, chemically or by photosynthesis, into oxygen, water and food

Telecommunications network used for a specific purpose, such as a payment system, and to which access is restricted.

Funds that supports only pension plans that are limited to certain employees (e.g. those of an employer or group of employers).

A population with no migratory flow either in or out, so that changes in population size occur only through births and deaths.

Seasonal closure. The banning of fishing activity (in an area or of an entire fishery) for a few weeks or months, usually to protect juveniles or spawners.

The use of video cameras to transmit a signal to a specific place, on a limited set of monitors.

U.S. term for an investment company with a fixed number of shares outstanding. The shares represent an interest in the fund's portfolio. New shares may not be issued.

See: Investment trust share

A closed-end investment company is a managed investment company with an unlimited life that does not stand ready to purchase its own shares from its owner and rarely issues new shares beyond its initial offering. (Source: Investments, W.F. Sharpe/G.J. Alexander)

Term used by IFC to indicate any investment which is no longer on its books, i.e. where the loan has been repaid, shares sold, etc.

The final price at which a transaction in a security takes place on a given day.

Loan whereby, instead of one bank being designated lead bank and others comanagers or underwriters, the various functions these carry out are divided among a limited group of members, in order to save fees.

Cluster is a grouping of content delivery processing entities with their related control entity. Such grouping allows the sharing of resources (e.g., storage capacity) based on provider's policy (e.g., taking into account parameters such as user location).

It is a concept refers to the selection of subgroup from the total population, so that each of them contains a number of units and give a cluster, the units of the cluster not homogenous inside the strata .

Committee on Monetary, Financial and Balance Of Payment Statistics

Passenger railway vehicle other than a railcar or a railcar trailer.

Coal is a family name for a variety of solid organic fuels and refers to a whole range of combustible sedimentary rock materials spanning a continuous quality range. For convenience, this continuous series is divided into four categories:
- anthracite
- bituminous coal
- sub-bituminous coal
-lignite

This group includes the solid, cellular, infusible material remaining after the carbonization of certain coals.

Are plants where coal is used as a feedstock to produce liquid fuels by hydrogenation or carbonization. They are also known as coal to liquid (CTL) plants.

Are plants extracting coal through underground or open-cast mining. In addition to the extraction activity itself, the operation of coal mines also includes operations such as grading, cleaning, compressing, etc., leading to a marketable product.

This division includes products derived directly or indirectly from the various classes of coal by carbonization or pyrolysis processes, or by the aggregation of finely divided coal or by chemical reactions with oxidising agents, including water.

The liquid by-product of the carbonization of coal in coke ovens.