chapter 6 - Malaysia Productivity Corporation ( MPC)

APPENDIX E – TECHNICAL NOTES
TERMINOLOGY AND DEFINITION
Employees (ILO)
Employees are all those workers who hold the type of job defined as paid employment jobs. Employees
with stable contracts are those employees who have had, and continue to have, an explicit (written or
oral) or implicit contract of employment, or a succession of such contracts, with the same employer on a
continuous basis.
Employers (ILO)
Employers are those workers who, working on their own account or with one or a few partners, hold
the type of job defined as a self-employed job, and in this capacity, on a continuous basis (including the
reference period) have engaged one or more persons to work for them in their business as employees.
Foreign Direct Investment (FDI)
Foreign direct investment (FDI) is the category of international investment that reflects the objective of a
resident entity in one economy to obtain a lasting interest in an enterprise resident in another economy.
Gross Domestic Product (GDP)
Gross domestic product is the sum of gross value added by all resident producers in the economy plus
any product taxes and minus any subsidies not included in the value of the products. It is calculated
without making deductions for depreciation of fabricated assets or for depletion and degradation of
natural resources. The total market value of all final goods and services produced in a country in a given
year; equals total consumer, investment and government spending, plus the value of exports minus the
value of imports.
Gross National Income (GNI)
Gross national income (GNI) (formerly gross national product, or GNP) is the sum of gross value added
by all resident producers plus any product taxes (less subsidies) that are not included in the valuation of
output plus net receipts of income from abroad.
Inflation
Broad increased in prices. In practical terms, inflation means goods and services are being valued as more
desirable than money. This also affects wages; periods of high inflation tend to be marked by increases
in average income. Inflation can be caused by either too few goods offered for sale, or too much money
in circulation.
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