| ADB |
Asian Development Bank |
| AI |
Artificial Intelligence |
| APEC |
Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation |
| B2B |
Business to Business |
| B2C |
Business to Customer |
| BELLA |
Building the Europe Link with Latin America |
| BEPS |
Base Erosion and Profit Shifting Project |
| C4IR |
Centre for the Fourth Industrial Revolution |
| CAF |
Development Bank of Latin America |
| CARICOM |
The Caribbean Community |
| CIAT |
Inter-American Center of Tax Administrations |
| CITEL |
Inter-American Telecommunication Commission |
| CTA |
Environmental Technology Centre |
| DA |
Digital Agenda |
| DSI |
Digital Service Infrastructures |
| DSM |
European Commission’s Digital Single Market Strategy |
| EC |
European Commission |
| ECLAC |
Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean |
| EGDI |
E-Government Development Index |
| EHR |
Electronic Health Record |
| eLAC |
Regional Digital Agenda of Latin America and the Caribbean |
| EMBI |
Emerging Markets Bond Index |
| ESCS |
Economic, Social and Cultural Status |
| ETER |
The European Tertiary Education Register |
| EU |
European Union |
| FDI |
Foreign Direct Investment |
| GDP |
Gross Domestic Product |
| GDPR |
General Data Protection Regulation |
| GVC |
Global Value Chains |
| HCI |
Human Capital Index |
| ICT |
Information & Communication Technology |
| IDB |
Inter-American Development Bank |
| IIF |
Institute of International Finance |
| ILO |
International Labour Organization |
| IMF |
International Monetary Fund |
| IMT |
International Mobile Telecommunications |
| IO |
International Organisations |
| IoT |
Internet of Things |
| ISCO |
International Standard Classification of Occupations |
| ISP |
Internet Service Provider |
| ITU |
International Telecommunication Union |
| IXP |
Internet Exchange Point |
| J-PAL |
The Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab |
| LAC |
Latin America and the Caribbean |
| LEO |
Latin American Economic Outlook |
| Mbps |
Megabytes per second |
| MFP |
Multifactor Productivity |
| MERCOSUR |
The Southern Common Market |
| MOOCs |
Massive Open Online Courses |
| MP |
Mesoamerica Program |
| MS |
Milliseconds |
| MSMEs |
Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises |
| NDPs |
National Development Plans |
| NGO |
Non-governmental Organisations |
| OAS |
The Organization of American States |
| OECD |
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development |
| OGD |
Open Government Data |
| ORBA |
Regional Broadband Observatory |
| PA |
Pacific Alliance |
| PCT |
Patent Co-operation Treaty |
| PEAs |
Privacy Enforcement Authorities |
| PIAAC |
Programme for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies |
| PISA |
Programme for International Student Assessment |
| PPP |
Purchase-Power Parity |
| PPPs |
Public-private partnerships |
| R&D |
Research and Development |
| RFID |
radio-frequency identification |
| SDGs |
Sustainable Development Goals |
| SEGIB |
Secretaría General Iberoamericana |
| SICA |
Central American Integration System |
| SIDS |
Small Islands Developing States |
| SMEs |
Small and Medium Enterprises |
| SSC |
South-South Co-operation |
| STEM |
Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics |
| TII |
Telecommunications Infrastructure Index |
| UN |
United Nations |
| UNCTAD |
United Nations Conference on Trade and Development |
| USD |
United States Dollar |
| VAT |
Value Added Tax |
| VIX |
Volatility Index |
| WEF |
World Economic Forum |
| WHO |
World Health Organization |
| Wi-Fi |
Wireless Fidelity |
Latin American Economic Outlook 2020
Digital Transformation for Building Back Better
Latin American Economic Outlook
