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Armed forces personnel, total
Armed forces personnel are active duty military personnel, including paramilitary forces if the training, organization, equipment, and control suggest they may be used to support or replace regular military forces.
Source: International Institute for Strategic Studies, The Military Balance.
Arms exports (constant 1990 US$)
Arms transfers cover the supply of military weapons through sales, aid, gifts, and those made through manufacturing licenses. Data cover major conventional weapons such as aircraft, armored vehicles, artillery, radar systems, missiles, and ships designed for military use. Excluded are transfers of other military equipment such as small arms and light weapons, trucks, small artillery, ammunition, support equipment, technology transfers, and other services.
Source: Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI), Yearbook: Armaments, Disarmament and International Security.
Arms imports (constant 1990 US$)
Arms transfers cover the supply of military weapons through sales, aid, gifts, and those made through manufacturing licenses. Data cover major conventional weapons such as aircraft, armored vehicles, artillery, radar systems, missiles, and ships designed for military use. Excluded are transfers of other military equipment such as small arms and light weapons, trucks, small artillery, ammunition, support equipment, technology transfers, and other services.
Source: Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI), Yearbook: Armaments, Disarmament and International Security.
Automated teller machines (ATMs) (per 100,000 adults)
Automated teller machines are computerized telecommunications devices that provide clients of a financial institution with access to financial transactions in a public place.
Source: Consultative Group to Assist the Poor and the World Bank Group’s "Financial Access 2010."
Average number of times firms spent in meetings with tax officials
Average number of times management met with tax officials is the average number of visits or required meetings with tax officials.
Source: World Bank, Enterprise Surveys (http://www.enterprisesurveys.org/).
Average precipitation in depth (mm per year)
Average precipitation is the long-term average in depth (over space and time) of annual precipitation in the country. Precipitation is defined as any kind of water that falls from clouds as a liquid or a solid.
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization, electronic files and web site.
Average time to clear exports through customs (days)
Average time to clear exports through customs is the average number of days to clear direct exports through customs.
Source: World Bank, Enterprise Surveys (http://www.enterprisesurveys.org/).
