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Acronyms and abbreviations

ABC Brazilian Cooperation AgencyAGCID Chilean Agency for International Co-operation and Development

AMEXCID Mexican Agency for International Co-operation and DevelopmentAPC Agency for International Co-operation of Colombia

APCI Peruvian Agency for International Co-operationASEAN Association of Southeast Asian Nations

BANCOLDEX Development Bank (Colombia)BANOBRAS National Works and Public Services Bank (Mexico)

BEPS Base Erosion Profit ShiftingBNDES National Bank for Social and Economic Development (Brazil)

BPI Public Investment Bank (France)BRICS Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa

CAF Development Bank of Latin AmericaCARICOM Caribbean Community

CIT Corporate Income TaxCNPJ National Registry of Firms (Brazil)

CNSCC National Council for Citizen Security and Coexistence (El Salvador)CO2 Carbon Dioxide

CORFO Production Development Corporation (Chile)CSEC Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate

CSS Caribbean Small StatesDAC OECD’s Development Assistance CommitteeDFID Department for International Development (United Kingdom)

DGCIN General Directorate of International Co-operation of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Worship (Argentina)

DiT Development in TransitionDNP National Planning Department (Colombia)

ECLAC Economic Commission for Latin America and the CaribbeanEU European Union

FAO Food and Agriculture Organization of the United NationsFDI Foreign Direct Investment

FDN Development Finance Corporation (Colombia)FINAGRO Fund for Agricultural Sector Finance (Colombia)

FINDETER Financial Corporation for the Territorial Development (Colombia)FO.AR Fund for South-South Co-operation (Argentina)

FX Foreign ExchangeG20 Group of Twenty

GAVI Global Vaccine AllianceGDP Gross Domestic Product

GEF-CReW Caribbean Regional Fund for Wastewater ManagementGFTAM Global Fund to Fight Aids, Tuberculosis and Malaria

GHG Greenhouse GasesGNI Gross National IncomeGVC Global Value ChainsHDI Human Development Index

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HIC High-Income CountriesICTs Information Communication Technologies IDB Inter-American Development Bank

IFAD International Fund for Agricultural DevelopmentILO International Labour OrganizationIMF International Monetary FundITC International Technical Co-operation

KfW German Development BankLAC Latin America and the CaribbeanLEO Latin America Economic OutlookLICs Low-Income Countries

LMICs Lower Middle-Income CountriesMDB Multilateral Development Banks

MDCR OECD’s Multi-dimensional Country ReviewsMDG Millennium Development Goals

MERCOSUR South American Common MarketMILA Latin-American Integrated MarketMNEs Multinational Enterprises

MSMEs Micro, Small and Medium EnterprisesNAFINSA National Financing Development Bank (Mexico)

NAFTA North American Free Trade AgreementNDB National Development Bank, genericNDP National Development Plan, generic

NEET Not in Education, Employment or Training (Youth)NGOs Non-Governmental OrganisationsODA Official Development Assistance

OECD Organisation for Economic Co-operation and DevelopmentOFCs Offshore Financial Centres

PEG Government Strategic Plan (Panama)PIFCSS Ibero-American Program for the Strengthening of South-South

Co-operationPISA Programme for International Student Assessment

PIT Personal Income Tax PM2.5 Fine Particulate Matter

PMP Policy-Making ProcessesPPA Plurennial Plan (Brazil)PPP Purchase-Power Parity

PPPs Public-Private Partnerships RCT Randomised Control TrialR&D Research and Development

SDGs Sustainable Development Goals SGA Structural Gap ApproachSIDS Small Island Developing States

SINACID National System of International Co-operation for Development (Dominican Republic)

SME Small and Medium EnterprisesSSC South-South Co-operation

STEM Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics

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ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS

TFP Total Factor ProductivityTOSSD Total Official Support for Sustainable Development

TrC Triangular Co-operationUAE United Arab EmiratesUMI Upper Middle-Income CountriesUN United Nations

UNASUR Union of South American NationsUNDP United Nations Development ProgrammeUNEP United Nations Environment Programme

UNIDO United Nations Industrial Development OrganizationUSD United States DollarVAT Value-Added Taxes WB World Bank

WFP World Food ProgrammeWHO World Health OrganizationWTO World Trade Organization