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1. Mortality Maternal Mortality Ratio (in the Human Development Area) In this context, Maternal Mortality Ratio means: the number of female deaths per year due to pregnancy or for reasons connected with childbirth per 100 000 live births. Resources See Also Population Population Planning Population [...]...
2. Deprivation Deprivation (in the Human Development Area) In this context, Deprivation means: loss of economic fundamentals (food, shelter, etc.), social (health, education, etc.) and other benefits....
3. Enrolment Enrolment Rate, Net (in the Human Development Area) In this context, Enrolment Rate, Net means: the number of pupils of the theoretical school-age group for a given level of education level who are enrolled in that level, expressed as a percentage of the total population in that age Gross [...]...
4. Earned Income Earned Income (ppp Us$), Estimated (in the Human Development Area) In this context, Earned Income (ppp Us$), Estimated means: derived on the basis of the ratio of the female nonagricultural wage to the male nonagricultural wage, the female and male shares of the economically active population, [...]...
5. Absolute Poverty Absolute Poverty (in the Human Development Area) In this context, Absolute Poverty means: number of persons or households whose level of consumption or income below the poverty line....
6. Relative Poverty Relative Poverty (in the Human Development Area) In this context, Poverty (Relative) means: supposes a certain percentage of poor individuals or households (for example, 10%, 20%, 30%, etc.) or the binding of poverty to the middle, or median income in the country....
7. Development Development Research, Development Theories Further Reading A concise encyclopedia of the United Nations (including Development, H Volger, KA Annan -2010) The Oxford Handbook on the United Nations (TG Weiss - 2007) International Law: A Dictionary (including Development, Boczek, Boleslaw Adam [...]...
8. Economic Growth Futureless Economic Growth (in the Human Development Area) In this context, Futureless Economic Growth means: Futureless growth that is accompanied by a waste of economic and natural resources needed to sustain life for future generations. Ruthless Economic Growth (in the Human Development [...]...
9. Development Assistance Official Development Assistance (oda) to Basic Social Services (in the Human Development Area) In this context, Official Development Assistance (oda) to Basic Social Services means: ODA directed to basic social services, which include basic education (primary education, early childhood [...]...
10. Contraceptive Contraceptive Prevalence Rate (in the Human Development Area) In this context, Contraceptive Prevalence Rate means: the percentage of women of reproductive age (15 - 49 years) who are using, or whose partners are using, any form of contraception, whether modern or traditional. Resources See [...]...
11. Basic Needs Summary of Basic Needs A code word for official development ASSISTANCE (read this legal term for further details) programs aimed toward the improvement of health care, education, nutrition, and like fundamental services in poorer nations. The basic needs concept has been criticized by some [...]...
12. Female Earned Income, Ratio of Estimated Female to Male (in the Human Development Area) In this context, Earned Income, Ratio of Estimated Female to Male means: the ratio of estimated female earned income to estimated male earned income....
13. Poverty The Legal History of Poverty This section provides an overview of Poverty Human Poverty Index For Selected High-incomeoecd Countries (hpi-2) (in the Human Development Area) In this context, Human Poverty Index For Selected High-incomeoecd Countries (hpi-2) means: _ composite index measuring [...]...
14. Fertility Fertility (in the Human Development Area) In this context, Fertility means: a woman's reproductive ability, ie the ability of women to bear children in the physiological period, called the fertile age. In demographic statistics taken from the fertile age 15 to 49 years. Total Fertility [...]...
15. Labour Force Participation Labour Force Participation (in the Human Development Area) In this context, Labour Force Participation means: the percentage of the working-age population (ages 15 — 64) that actively engages in the labour market, by either working or actively looking for work.....
16. Unemployment Rate Unemployment Rate (in the Human Development Area) In this context, Unemployment Rate means: the unemployed divided by the labour force (those employed plus the unemployed)....
17. Social Allocation Ratio Social Allocation Ratio (in the Human Development Area) In this context, Social Allocation Ratio means: the percentage of public expenditure earmarked for social services....
18. Demography Demography (in the Human Development Area) In this context, Demography means: science that studies the patterns of its population and development in the socio-historical implications; description of statistical data on age and sex composition of the population of the Earth, its regions and [...]...
19. Growth Futureless Growth (in the Human Development Area) In this context, Futureless Growth means: growth that is accompanied by a waste of economic and natural resources needed to sustain life for future generations....
20. Depopulation Depopulation (in the Human Development Area) In this context, Depopulation means: is the reduction of population over time in a region's census Resources See Also Population Population Planning Population Dynamics Population Structure...
21. Capabilityies Capability(ies) Approach (in the Human Development Area) In this context, Capability(ies) Approach means: philosophical foundations of human development translated in policies that promote human rights, disability, health, growth and democratic practice, and the position of disadvantaged [...]...
22. Income Income or Consumption, Shares of Income (in the Human Development Area) In this context, Income or Consumption, Shares of Income means: the shares of consumption accruing to subgroups of population indicated by deciles or quintiles, based on national household surveys covering various years. [...]...
23. Motherhood Safe Motherhood (in the Human Development Area) In this context, Safe Motherhood means: aims at attaining optimal maternal and newborn health. It implies reduction of maternal mortality and morbidity and enhancement of the health of newborn infants through equitable access to primary health [...]...
24. Rootless Growth Economic Growth, Rootless Growth (in the Human Development Area) In this context, Economic Growth, Rootless Growth means: Economic growth at the expense of people's cultural identity...
25. Gender Socialization Gender Socialization (in the Human Development Area) In this context, Gender Socialization means: process - learning, accepting and behaving accordingly for a woman and a man, the process when from early childhood boys and girls are categorized by different gender roles, taught to accept and [...]...
26. Gross National Income Gross National Income (gni) (in the Human Development Area) In this context, Gross National Income (gni) means: comprises the market value of all products and services generated regardless of where the output is produced in given period (i.e., its gross domestic product, plus net receipts of [...]...
27. Tertiary Schools Enrolment Ratio, Gross Combined, For Primary, Secondary and Tertiary Schools (in the Human Development Area) In this context, Enrolment Ratio, Gross Combined, For Primary, Secondary and Tertiary Schools means: the number of students enrolled in primary, secondary and tertiary levels of [...]...
28. Children Legitimacy of Children Introduction to Children Legitimacy of Children, being born of legally married parents." (1) The Children's Online Privacy Protection Act and the Electronic Commerce The Children's Online Privacy Protection Act in the Online Business Law Children Reaching [...]...
29. Funds Priest, Deed, Funds From the book The Clergyman's Hand-book of Law, about Priest, Deed, Funds (1): Where it was claimed that a priest purchased lands and took the deed in his own name and paid therefor with funds belonging to the congregation, the conveyance will not be decreed by the [...]...
30. Reproduction Reproduction of the Population (in the Human Development Area) In this context, Reproduction of the Population means: one of the main processes of reproduction of society - can be viewed as a combination of three types of "movement" of the population, "natural" (biology and [...]...
31. Water Source Population Not Using Improved Water Source (in the Human Development Area) In this context, Population Not Using Improved Water Source means: _alculated as 100 minus the percentage of the population using an improved water source. Unimproved sources include vendors, bottled water, tanker [...]...
32. Population Growth Annual Population Growth Rate (in the Human Development Area) In this context, Population Growth Rate (Annual) refers to the average annual exponential growth rate for the period indicated. More People It is true that a country can get into economic trouble if the number of elderly [...]...
33. Priority Priority Date in E.U. Patent SystemThe initial date of filing of a patent application, normally in the applicant's domestic patent office. This date is used to help determine the novelty of an invention....
34. Gender Empowerment Gender Empowerment Measure (gem) (in the Human Development Area) In this context, Gender Empowerment Measure (gem) means: _ composite index, which was used till 2010, that measures gender inequality in three basic dimensions of empowerment—economic participation and decision-making, [...]...
35. Density Physical Density (in the Human Development Area) In this context, Physical Density means: number of medical doctors (physicians), including generalist and specialist medical practitioners, expressed per 10,000 people....
36. Gender Division of Labour Gender Division of Labour (in the Human Development Area) In this context, Gender Division of Labour means: functions and responsibilities associated with or assigned to women's and men's gender roles. May imply that only men are involved in specific activities (male jobs) not carried [...]...
37. Adjusted Net Savings Adjusted Net Savings (in the Human Development Area) In this context, Adjusted Net Savings means: rate of savings in an economy after taking into account investments in human capital, depletion of natural recourses and damage caused by pollution, expressed as a percentage of gross national [...]...
38. Social Health Social Health (in the Human Development Area) In this context, Social Health means: is determined with moral principles that constitute the ground of the social life of the human being, i.e. vital activity in a specific human society. It is primarily characterized with the attitude of the [...]...
39. Value Added Value Added (in the Human Development Area) In this context, Value Added means: is the net output of an industry after adding up all outputs and subtracting intermediate inputs. Resources See Also National Income National Accounts Expenditure Gross National Income Net National Income...
40. Jobless Jobless Economic Growth (in the Human Development Area) In this context, Jobless Economic Growth means: Jobless growth that does not expand the opportunities for employment....
41. Literacy Rate, Youth Youth Literacy Rate (in the Human Development Area) In this context, Youth Literacy Rate means: the percentage of people aged 15 — 24 years who can, with understanding, both read and write a short, simple statement related to their everyday life....
42. Public Health Expenditure Public Health Expenditure (in the Human Development Area) In this context, Public Health Expenditure means: current and capital spending from government (central and local) budgets, external borrowings and grants (including donations from international agencies and nongovernmental [...]...
43. Psychological Health Psychological Health (in the Human Development Area) In this context, Psychological Health means: is characterized with the level and quality of thinking, development of attention and memory, level of an emotional stability and advancing of volitional qualities....
44. Parity In arbitrage usage, an equivalent value for two currencies; for example, the Bermuda dollar enjoys parity with the U.S. dollar (B$l = U.S.SI).......
45. Women's Health Women's Health in 2011 United States views on international law (based on the document "Digest of U.S. Practice in International Law"): On September 14, 2011, Ambassador Donahoe delivered a statement at a Human Rights Council side event on applying a human rights-based approach [...]...
46. Environmental Safety Environmental Safety (in the Human Development Area) In this context, Environmental Safety means: Guaranteeing the prevention of environmentally significant natural or anthropogenic disasters; the extent to which preserve the health of the population from existing or expected environmental [...]...
47. Physical Health Physical Health (in the Human Development Area) In this context, Physical Health means: natural condition of the body due to the normal functioning of all its organs and systems...
48. Energy Use Gdp Per Unit of Energy Use (in the Human Development Area) In this context Gdp Per Unit of Energy Use means: the ratio of GDP (in 2000 PPP US$) to commercial energy use, measured in kilograms of oil equivalent. This indicator provides a measure of energy efficiency by showing comparable and [...]...
49. Primary Health Care Primary Health Care (phc) (in the Human Development Area) In this context, Primary Health Care (phc) means: primary health care is essential health care made accessible at a cost a country and community can afford, with methods that are practical, scientifically sound and socially acceptable. [...]...
50. Demografy Model of Demografic Transition (in the Human Development Area) In this context, Model of Demografic Transition means: is an empirical description of the dynamics of demographic change on the basis of fertility and mortality rates that occur as countries develop from pre-industrial to [...]...
51. Household Expenditure Resources See Also Income Distribution Bankruptcy Inequality...
52. Sanitation Facilities Population Using Improved Sanitation Facilities (in the Human Development Area) In this context, Population Using Improved Sanitation Facilities means: the percentage of the population with access to adequate excreta disposal facilities, such as a connection to a sewer or septic tank system, [...]...
53. National Accounts National Accounts (in the Human Development Area) In this context, National Accounts means: is a system table in the form of accounts, which characterize the process of production, distribution and end use of the gross domestic product (GDP), as a rule, for the year. System of National [...]...
54. Schooling Expected Years of Schooling (in the Human Development Area) In this context, Expected Years of Schooling means: number of years of schooling that a child of school entrance age can expect to receive if prevailing patterns of age — specific enrolment rates were to stay the same throughout [...]...
55. Balanced Growth National economic growth, as measured by an increase in the popular standard of living, achieved by the coordination of three factors: (1) reduction in dependence upon raw materials production as the primary source of national income; (2) intensification of manufacturing, especially in the area of c......
56. International Monetary Fund International Monetary Fund Outline The UN Monetary and Financial Conference met in Bretton Woods, New Hampshire, United States, from 1 to 20 July 1944. The Bretton Woods Agreement announced the establishment of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the International Bank for [...]...
57. Poverty Reduction Related United Nations Activities More than one billion people live in extreme poverty, surviving on less than one dollar a day. The world’s poor suffer from a lack of adequate shelter, health care, education, protection from violence, and a voice in what happens in their communities. Every [...]...
58. Empowerment Women's Empowerment in Election Law Process by which women gain power and control over their own lives. It involves awareness-raising, self-confidence building, expansion of choices, increased access to and control over resources and actions to transform the structures and institutions [...]...
59. Gender Equality Gender Equality and the United Nations The United Nations has the responsibility to ensure that all its actions promote and protect gender equality and women’s empowerment. UN efforts to help establish the rule of law for all on the basis of equality are essential to this end. Advancing [...]...
60. Sustainable Growth A rate of national economic growth, as measured in per capita real growth, national product, or per capita real income, that can be expected to continue over many years.......
61. Electrification Electrification Rates (in the Human Development Area) In this context, Electrification Rates means: indicate the number of people with electricity access as a percentage of the total population....
62. Morbidity Incidence Morbidity Incidence Rate, Women and Men (in the Human Development Area) In this context, Morbidity Incidence Rate, Women and Men means: the number of illness episodes suffered by all women (or men) aged 15 years and older in a given period expressed as a percentage of all women (or men) aged [...]...
63. IMF The International Monetary Fund, abbreviated as IMF, is an international organisation, at present counting 188 member countries, with the mission to foster global monetary cooperation, secure financial stability, facilitate international trade, promote high employment and sustainable economic [...]...
64. Less Developed Country Less Developed Country in International Law Meaning of Less Developed Country (LDC), according to the Dictionary of International Trade (Global Negotiator): A country showing: (1) a poverty level of income; (2) a high rate of population increase; (3) a substantial portion of its workers [...]...
65. Epidemiology Epidemiology (in the Human Development Area) In this context, Epidemiology means: _pidemiology is the study of the distribution and determinants of health-states or events in specified populations, and the application of this study to the control of health problems. Social epidemiology has [...]...
66. Inequality Human Development Index, Inequality-adjusted in United Nations Activities In this context, Human Development Index, Inequality-adjusted means: Human Development index value adjusted for inequalities in the three basic dimensions of human development: education, he_lth and profit. The IHDI [...]...
67. Primary School Primary Repetition Rate (in the Human Development Area) In this context, Primary Repetition Rate means: number of primary school students enrolled in the same grade that they attended in the previous school year, expressed as a percentage of total enrolments in the school in the previous year. [...]...
68. Household Income Resources See Also Social Protection Social Security Employment Affairs Welfare State...
69. Nonrenewable Resources Nonrenewable Resources (in the Human Development Area) In this context, Resources , Nonrenewable means: the natural resources, which self-restoration proceeds in thousands and million times more slowly than rate of their operation (e.g., soil resources)....
70. Informal Sector Informal Sector (in the Human Development Area) In this context, Informal Sector means: the informal sector, as defined by the International Expert Group on Informal Sector Statistics (the Delhi Group) includes private unincorporated enterprises (excluding quasi-corporations), which produce at [...]...
71. Child Headed Household Resources See Also Marriage Common Law Marriage Marriage License Voidable Marriage Family...
72. Female Headed Household Resources See Also Marriage Common Law Marriage Marriage License Voidable Marriage Family...
73. Human Capital Summary of Human Capital An enrichment of the productive capacity of labor by means of specialized training and education.(Main Author: William J. Miller) Human Capital (in the Human Development Area) In this context, Human Capital means: is formed from investments in human [...]...
74. Host State Agreements Host State Agreements Further ReadingA concise encyclopedia of the United Nations (including Host State Agreements , H Volger, KA Annan -2010) The Oxford Handbook on the United Nations (TG Weiss - 2007) International Law: A Dictionary (including Host State Agreements , Boczek, Boleslaw Adam -2005) ...
75. Health Health The Legal History of Health This section provides an overview of Health Health (in the Human Development Area) In this context, Health means: is a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity Most Popular Entries related to [...]...
76. Health Care Health Care in the CEDAW Article 12: of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) stipulates, in relation to Health Care, that all countries are required to eliminate discrimination in the field of health care. Women should be ensured equal access [...]...
77. Health Determinants Determinants of Health (in the Human Development Area) In this context, Determinants of Health means: the range of personal, social, economic and environmental factors which determine the health status of individuals or populations....
78. Health Expenditure Health Expenditure Per Capita (ppp Us$) (in the Human Development Area) In this context, Health Expenditure Per Capita (ppp Us$) means: the sum of public and private expenditure (in purchasing power parity terms in US dollars), divided by the mid-year population. Health expenditure includes [...]...
79. Health Expenditure, Private Private Health Expenditure (in the Human Development Area) In this context, Private Health Expenditure means: direct household (out of pocket) spending, private insurance, spending by nonprofit institutions serving households and direct service payments by private corporations. Together with [...]...
80. Health Indicator Health Indicator (in the Human Development Area) In this context, Health Indicator means: a health indicator is a characteristic of an individual, population, or environment which is measured (directly or indirectly) and could be used to describe one or more aspects of the health based on [...]...
81. Health Organizations «health 8» (in the Human Development Area) In this context, «health 8» means: is an informal group of eight health-related organisations, WHO, UNICEF, UNFPA, UNAIDS, GFATM, GAVI, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, and the World Bank created in mid-2007 to stimulate a [...]...
82. Health Personnel Births Attended by Skilled Health Personnel (in the Human Development Area) In this context, Births Attended by Skilled Health Personnel means: the percentage of deliveries attended by personnel (including doctors, nurses and midwives) trained to give the necessary care, supervision and advice [...]...
83. Health Promotion Health Promotion (in the Human Development Area) In this context, Health Promotion means: health promotion is the process of enabling people to increase control over, and to improve their health. Health promotion represents a comprehensive social and political process, it not only embraces [...]...
84. Health System Health System (in the Human Development Area) In this context, Health System means: _onsists of all actors, institutions and resources that undertake health activities whose primary purpose is to promote, restore or maintain health as a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being. [...]...
85. High-technology Exports High-technology Exports (in the Human Development Area) In this context, High-technology Exports means: _xports of products with a high intensity of research and development. They include hightechnology products such as those used in aerospace, computers, pharmaceuticals, scientific [...]...
86. HIV Hiv Prevalence (in the Human Development Area) In this context, Hiv means: the percentage of people aged 15 — 49 years who are infected with HIV....
87. Human Development Human Development in United Nations Activities In this context, Human Development means: is the expansion of people's freedoms to live long, healthy and creative lives; to advanceother goals they have reason to value;and to engage actively in shaping development equitably and sustainably [...]...
88. Human Expenditure Human Expenditure Ratio (in the Human Development Area) In this context, Human Expenditure Ratio means: the percentage of national income devoted to human priority concerns....
89. Standard of Living Standard of Living (in the Human Development Area) In this context, Standard of Living means: integrated index of socio-economic development, measured by aggregate data such as real per capita income, poverty rate, access to health care, the uneven growth of incomes, standards of education, [...]...
90. Legal Words ContentsLegal WordsDoubling legal Words (Doublets and Triplets)Household WordsConclusionNotesSee AlsoAbout the Author/s and Rewiever/sReferences and Further ReadingAbout the Author/s and Reviewer/s ... Read more...
91. Holman Erection Co. v. Orville e. Madsen & Sons, Inc. Holman Erection Co. v. Orville e. Madsen & Sons, Inc. 1983 Minnesota Supreme Court • Holman is subcontractor, suing Orville ... Read more...
92. Hopper v. All Pet Animal Clinic ContentsHopper v. All Pet Animal ClinicConclusionNotesSee AlsoReferences and Further ReadingAbout the Author/s and Reviewer/s Hopper v. All Pet Animal Clinic ... Read more...
93. Universal Declaration of Human Rights   Article 1 All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood. Article 2 Everyone is entitled to all the rights and freedoms set forth in this Declaration, without [...]...
94. Corruption Corruption Definition Corruption, wrongdoing by those in a special position of trust. The term is commonly applied to self-benefiting conduct by public officials and others dedicated to public service. (1) Corruption is not a technical term; it is not considered a criminal offence in most [...]...
95. Homelessness Homelessness Definition Homelessness may be defined as the condition of people who lack regular legal access to adequate housing. Introduction Homelessness has been recognized as a significant social problem in the United States since the early 1980s, when a rapid increase in the number of [...]...
96. Gross Domestic Product Summary of Gross Domestic Product The aggregate value, expressed in monetary terms, of all goods and services produced within a national economy during a given time period, usually one year.(Main Author: William J. Miller) Gross Domestic Product (gdp) (in the Human Development [...]...
97. Hold On Dock An accommodation sometimes provided by a port authority or steamship line to a shipper who wants to release merchandise from his warehouse but may not be able to put it to sea. This condition is common in the case of an exporter who sells on an FAS or FOB pier basis; by delivering goods to the pier ......
98. Holiday As used in vessel charter parties, any time period during which loading or discharging of cargo that might otherwise take place is suspended because of local law or practice in the port.......
99. House Bill A bill of exchange drawn by a bank upon its branch or subsidiary abroad.......
100. Terms of Trade Summary of Terms of Trade An export-import price ratio derived by dividing indices of export prices by indices of import prices. For example, when export indices are 105 percent of a base period, and import indices are 98 percent of the same base period, then the terms of trade [...]...
101. Decentralization Decentralization (government) Introduction to Decentralization Decentralization (government), transfer of power from a central government to subordinate authorities. A decentralized government is the opposite of a centralized government, in which power is legally vested in the central [...]...
102. Immunization Public Health Public Health Programs Immunization Introduction to Immunization One of public health's greatest success stories, immunization is one of the most effective weapons available to combat the spread of infectious disease. Immunization is the process of making the body r......
103. Kyoto Protocol Introduction to Kyoto Protocol Kyoto Protocol, international treaty adopted in 1997 that sets concrete targets for developed countries to reduce the greenhouse gas emissions that contribute to global warming, also known as climate change. The Ky_to Protocol is a supplementary treaty to the [...]...
104. Fiscal Policy Other Popular Tax Definitions in the World Legal Encyclopedia Adjusted Gross Income (sometimes, including Fiscal Policy) Ad Valorem Tax (sometimes, including Fiscal Policy) Alternative Minimum Tax (sometimes, including Fiscal Policy) Big Four (audit firms) (sometimes, including Fiscal Policy) [...]...
105. Employment Employment Law The Legal History of Employment and Labor Law This section provides an overview of Employment and Labor Law Employment in the CEDAW Article 11 of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) stipulates, in relation to Employment, that [...]...
106. Women Women and the United Nations This general section provides an overview of the relationship of Women and the United Nations (UN). See, for example, the entry about the United Nations Development Fund For Women. The Legal History of Women This general section provides an overview of Women in [...]...
107. World Bank World Bank and the World Bank Group Further Reading A concise encyclopedia of the United Nations (including World Bank , H Volger, KA Annan -2010) The Oxford Handbook on the United Nations (TG Weiss - 2007) International Law: A Dictionary (including World Bank , Boczek, Boleslaw Adam -2005) [...]...
108. Homosexuality The Legal History of Homosexuality This section provides an overview of Homosexuality Resources See Also Further Reading Information related to homosexuality in the Max Planck Encyclopedia of International Law(MPEPIL), Germany, United Kingdom Resources See Also Legal Biography Legal [...]...
109. Honduras The Legal History of Honduras This section provides an overview of Honduras Honduras and Nicaragua in 2011 United States views on international law (based on the document "Digest of U.S. Practice in International Law"): On November 4, 2011, DHS announced the extension of the TPS [...]...
110. Holder Spanish Translation of owner and holderThis is the legal translation of English to Spanish in relation to owner or holder and / or a definition of this topic: Titular (in Spanish, without translation of the dictionary entry)....
111. Horizontal Property Regime Spanish Translation of horizontal property regimeThis is the legal translation of English to Spanish in relation to horizontal property regime and / or a definition of this topic: Propiedad Horizontal (in Spanish, without translation of the dictionary entry)....
112. Hold Hold in Law LibrariesThe follow definition of Hold is of use in law library research: A library user may place a hold on a book charged out to another person; this ensures that the person placing the hold will be next in line to receive the book when the book is returned....
113. Hollowing-out Hollowing-out and International Trade Economy Resources See Also deindustrialization...
114. Exclusions In the United States For information about Exclusions in the context of international trade, click here...
115. Homeland Security In the United States For information about Homeland Security in the context of international trade, click here...
116. Exclusion Exclusion in Election Law Event which occurs when a potential voter cannot exercise his or her right to vote on election day because his or her name does not appear on the voter list. This can be due to several reasons: an oversight on the part of the voter, the result of his or her refusal to [...]...
117. Foreign Direct Investment Foreign Direct Investment in International Trade Meaning of FDI (Foreign Direct Investment), according to the Dictionary of International Trade (Global Negotiator): The controlling ownership in a business enterprise in one country by an entity based in another country. According to balance of [...]...
118. Gender Inequality Definition A concept is provided by the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) in the following terms: "Gender equality is, first and foremost, a human right. Women are entitled to live in dignity and in freedom from want and from fear. Empowering women is also an indispensable tool [...]...
119. Homogeneous District Homogeneous District in Election Law Electoral district in which there is substantial social, ethnic, religious or linguistic uniformity among potential voters. This can be the result of a deliberate effort at the time of boundry delimitation, or not. Resources See Also Election Law Electoral [...]...
120. Homologation Homologation in International Trade Meaning of Homologation, according to the Dictionary of International Trade (Global Negotiator): Certification by a country that a good (usually equipment goods) conforms to its safety and security standards. Certification is granted to a product that meets [...]...