Statistical Yearbook of Palestine 2011
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use of this stock of knowledge to devise new applications. The term R&D covers
three activities: basic research, applied research and experimental development and
studies.
Reserve Assets:
Are assets that must be controllable by the Monetary Authority, they must be accessible to
the Monetary Authority at relatively short notice for balance of payments purposes, and they
must be denominated in a convertible currency.
Residence:
Defined in economic terms, the main criterion to determine residence of an entity is
centre of economic interest. Persons are considered residents of the country where
they live for at least one year, excluding students, for illness and soldiers).
Road Accident:
An accident which occurred as a result of the vehicle being in a state of motion on
the road and in which people were injured.
Room Occupancy:
Number of booked and paid rooms. Such rooms are considered occupied whether
they were actually used or not.
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School:
Any educational institution excluding kindergartens, regardless of students’ number and grade
structure.
Secondary School:
Includes schools with secondary stage, or basic and secondary stage.
Seeing (Visual) Disability:
It includes blind and one-eyed persons, and any person suffering from vision weakness even
after using special devices, provided they do not suffer from any other disability.
Seriously Injured:
A person who was hospitalized as a result of the accident for a period of 24 hours or more.
Sewage Network:
System of collectors, pipelines, conduits and pumps to evacuate wastewater (rainwater,
domestic and other wastewater) from any of the location paces generation either to municipal
sewage treatment plant or to a location place where wastewater is discharged.
Sex ratio at Birth:
Number of males born alive per 100 females born alive.