of at least 25%. The entry does
not cover other official flows (OOF) or private flows.

Economic aid - recipient: This entry, which is subject to major
problems of definition and statistical coverage, refers to the net
inflow of Official Development Finance (ODF) to recipient countries.
The figure includes assistance from the World Bank, the IMF, and other
international organizations and from individual nation donors. Formal
commitments of aid are included in the data. Omitted from the data are
grants by private organizations. Aid comes in various forms including
outright grants and loans. The entry thus is the difference between
new inflows and repayments.

Economy: This category includes the entries dealing with the size,
development, and management of productive resources, i.e., land,
labor, and capital.

Economy - overview: This entry briefly describes the type of economy,
including the degree of market orientation, the level of economic
development, the most important natural resources, and the unique
areas of specialization. It also characterizes major economic events
and policy changes in the most recent 12 months and may include a
statement about one or two key future macroeconomic trends.

Electricity - consumption: This entry consists of total electricity
generated annually plus imports and minus exports, expressed in
kilowatt hours. The discrepancy between the amount of electricity
generated and/or imported and the amount consumed and/or exported is
accounted for as loss in transmission and distribution.

Electricity - exports: This entry is the total exported electricity in
kilowatt hours.

Electricity - imports: This entry is the total imported electricity in
kilowatt hours.

Electricity - production: This entry is the annual electricity
generated expressed in kilowatt hours. The discrepancy between the
amount of electricity generated and/or imported and the amount
consumed and/or exported is accounted for as loss in transmission and
distribution.

Electricity - production by source: This entry indicates the
percentage share of annual electricity production of each energy
source. These are fossil fuel, hydro, nuclear, and other (solar,
geothermal, and wind).

Elevation extremes: This entry includes both the highest point and the
lowest point.

Entities: Some of the independent states, dependencies, areas of
special sovereignty, and governments included in this publication are
not independent