| ABC | Brazilian Cooperation Agency |
| AGCID | Chilean Agency for International Co-operation and Development |
| AMEXCID | Mexican Agency for International Co-operation and Development |
| APC | Agency for International Co-operation of Colombia |
| APCI | Peruvian Agency for International Co-operation |
| ASEAN | Association of Southeast Asian Nations |
| BANCOLDEX | Development Bank (Colombia) |
| BANOBRAS | National Works and Public Services Bank (Mexico) |
| BEPS | Base Erosion Profit Shifting |
| BNDES | 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 America |
| CARICOM | Caribbean Community |
| CIT | Corporate Income Tax |
| CNPJ | 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 States |
| DAC | OECD’s Development Assistance Committee |
| DFID | 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 Transition |
| DNP | National Planning Department (Colombia) |
| ECLAC | Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean |
| EU | European Union |
| FAO | Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations |
| FDI | 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 Exchange |
| G20 | Group of Twenty |
| GAVI | Global Vaccine Alliance |
| GDP | Gross Domestic Product |
| GEF-CReW | Caribbean Regional Fund for Wastewater Management |
| GFTAM | Global Fund to Fight Aids, Tuberculosis and Malaria |
| GHG | Greenhouse Gases |
| GNI | Gross National Income |
| GVC | Global Value Chains |
| HDI | Human Development Index |
| HIC | High-Income Countries |
| ICTs | Information Communication Technologies |
| IDB | Inter-American Development Bank |
| IFAD | International Fund for Agricultural Development |
| ILO | International Labour Organization |
| IMF | International Monetary Fund |
| ITC | International Technical Co-operation |
| KfW | German Development Bank |
| LAC | Latin America and the Caribbean |
| LEO | Latin America Economic Outlook |
| LICs | Low-Income Countries |
| LMICs | Lower Middle-Income Countries |
| MDB | Multilateral Development Banks |
| MDCR | OECD’s Multi-dimensional Country Reviews |
| MDG | Millennium Development Goals |
| MERCOSUR | South American Common Market |
| MILA | Latin-American Integrated Market |
| MNEs | Multinational Enterprises |
| MSMEs | Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises |
| NAFINSA | National Financing Development Bank (Mexico) |
| NAFTA | North American Free Trade Agreement |
| NDB | National Development Bank, generic |
| NDP | National Development Plan, generic |
| NEET | Not in Education, Employment or Training (Youth) |
| NGOs | Non-Governmental Organisations |
| ODA | Official Development Assistance |
| OECD | Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development |
| OFCs | Offshore Financial Centres |
| PEG | Government Strategic Plan (Panama) |
| PIFCSS | Ibero-American Program for the Strengthening of South-South Co-operation |
| PISA | Programme for International Student Assessment |
| PIT | Personal Income Tax |
| PM2.5 | Fine Particulate Matter |
| PMP | Policy-Making Processes |
| PPA | Plurennial Plan (Brazil) |
| PPP | Purchase-Power Parity |
| PPPs | Public-Private Partnerships |
| RCT | Randomised Control Trial |
| R&D | Research and Development |
| SDGs | Sustainable Development Goals |
| SGA | Structural Gap Approach |
| SIDS | Small Island Developing States |
| SINACID | National System of International Co-operation for Development (Dominican Republic) |
| SME | Small and Medium Enterprises |
| SSC | South-South Co-operation |
| STEM | Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics |
| TFP | Total Factor Productivity |
| TOSSD | Total Official Support for Sustainable Development |
| TrC | Triangular Co-operation |
| UAE | United Arab Emirates |
| UMI | Upper Middle-Income Countries |
| UN | United Nations |
| UNASUR | Union of South American Nations |
| UNDP | United Nations Development Programme |
| UNEP | United Nations Environment Programme |
| UNIDO | United Nations Industrial Development Organization |
| USD | United States Dollar |
| VAT | Value-Added Taxes |
| WB | World Bank |
| WFP | World Food Programme |
| WHO | World Health Organization |
| WTO | World Trade Organization |
Latin American Economic Outlook 2019
Development in Transition
Latin American Economic Outlook
