Fifth-generation mobile network
Addis Ababa Action Agenda
Access and benefit sharing
Spanish Agency for International Development Cooperation
Authorised Economic Operator
Agence française de développement
Latin American Association of Development Financing Institutions
Americas Partnership for Economic Prosperity
Uruguayan Agency for International Cooperation (Agencia Uruguaya de Cooperación Internacional)
Business as usual
Bond indexed to indicators of climate change
Bi-lateral investment treaty
Brazilian Development Bank
Belt and Road Initiative (China’s)
Canadian Climate Fund for the Private Sector in the Americas
Development Bank of Latin America and the Caribbean (Banco de Desarrollo de América Latina y el Caribe)
Centro Maria Sibylla Merian de Estudios Latinoamericanos Avanzados en Humanidades y Ciencias Sociales
Capital expenditures
Central American Common Market
Andean Community of Nations
Central America Small Enterprise Investment Fund IV
Caribbean Community
Clean Energy Corridor of Central America
Centro Nacional de Planeamiento Estratégico del Perú
Common external tariff
Caribbean Investment Facility
Corporate income tax
Collective investment vehicles
Carbon dioxide
Centres of government
National commission for biodiversity management of Costa Rica (Comisión nacional para la gestión de la biodiversidad de Costa Rica)
Coronavirus
Consumer price index
Civil society organisation
Digital Development Hub (Europe)
Development assistance committee
International Development Finance Corporation (United States)
Development finance institutions
Direct investment in companies
National Planning Department of Colombia (Departamento Nacional de Planeación de Colombia)
Diversified Payment Rights
Effective Average Tax Rate
Export Credit Agencies
United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean
European Coal and Steel Community
European Financial Architecture for Development
European Fund for Sustainable Development
European Bioinformatics Institute
European Investment Bank
Emerging Market Bond Index (J.P. Morgan)
Environmental, social and governance
Effective tax rate
European Union
Foreign direct investment
Financial technology
Group of Twenty
Green Bond Principles
Gross capital formation
Gross domestic product
Gross fixed capital formation
Global Gateway Investment Agenda (European Union)
Greenhouse gases
Gross national income
Green, social, sustainability and sustainability-linked
Higher education institutions
International Capital Market Association
Information and communication technologies
Costa Rican Tourism Board (Instituto Costarricense de Turismo de Costa Rica)
Inter-American Development Bank
International Fund for Agricultural Development
International Finance Corporation
International finance institutions
Institute of International Finance
International investment treaties
International Labour Organization
International Monetary Fund
National Institute of Statistics and Geography of Mexico (Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Geografía de México)
Investment promotion agencies
Initial public offering
International Renewable Energy Agency
International Standard Classification of Education
International Standard Classification of Occupations
Investor-State dispute settlement
International Standard Industrial Classification
Key performance indicators
Latin America and the Caribbean
Latin America and Caribbean Investment Facility
Latin America Investment Facility
Local content requirements
Least-developed countries
Megabytes per second
Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Tourism of Colombia (Ministerio de Comercio, Industria y Turismo de Colombia)
Multilateral development banks
Ministry of Economy of Argentina (Ministerio de Economía de Argentina)
Ministry of Energy of Chile (Ministerio de Energía de Chile)
Ministry of Economy of Brazil (Ministério da Economia do Brasil)
Ministry of Economy and Finance of Uruguay
Ministry of Economy, Planning and Development of the Dominican Republic (Ministerio de Economía, Planificación y Desarrollo de la República Dominicana)
Common Market of the South (Mercado Común del Sur)
Mandatory human rights due diligence
Ministry of National Planning and Economic Policy of Costa Rica (Ministerio de Planificación Nacional y Política Económica de Costa Rica)
Ministry of Industry, Energy and Mining of Uruguay
Ministry of Environment and Energy of Costa Rica (Ministerio de Ambiente y Energía de Costa Rica)
Multi-level governance
Ministry of Development Planning of Bolivia (Ministerio de Planificación del Desarrollo de Bolivia)
Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Uruguay
Micro-, small- and medium-sized enterprises
Metric tonnes
Metric tonnes of carbon dioxide
North America Free Trade Agreement
National contact points
Non-conventional renewable energies
National development banks
Nationally Determined Contributions
Neighbourhood, Development, and International Co-operation Instrument
National development plan
Non-governmental organisation
National public investment systems
Non-tariff barriers
Organization of American States
Official development assistance
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
OECD Policy Framework for Investment
Personal income tax
Private non-profit organisations
Private Participation in Infrastructure (World Bank)
Public-private partnerships
Presidency of the Republic of the United Mexican States (Presidencia de la República de los Estados Unidos Mexicanos)
Quality infrastructure investment
Research and development
Responsible business conduct
Renewable Energy Innovation Fund (Uruguay)
Renewable Energy for Latin America and the Caribbean
Sustainability Bond Guidelines
Social Bond Principles
Subnational development banks
Sustainable Development Goals (United Nations)
Central American Integration System
Sustainability-Linked Bonds
Sustainability-Linked Bond Principles
Small- and medium-sized enterprises
System of national accounts
National Planning Secretariat of Ecuador (Secretaría Nacional de Planificación del Ecuador)
Second-party option
Planning and Programming Secretariat of the Presidency of Guatemala (Secretaría de Planificación y Programación de la Presidencia de Guatemala)
Sustainability performance targets
Special purpose vehicles
Science, technology and innovation
Technical Secretariat for Economic and Social Development Planning of Paraguay (Secretaría Técnica de Planificación del Desarrollo Económico y Social del Paraguay)
Statutory tax rate
Standard tax treatment
Trade Facilitation Agreement (World Trade Organization)
Total factor productivity
Treaty with investment provisions
United Nations
National Autonomous University of Mexico (Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México)
Union of South American Nations
Mining Energy Planning Unit of Colombia (Unidad de Planeación Minero Energética de Colombia)
United States of America
United States dollar
United States, Mexico and Canada Agreement
Value-added tax
Vocational education and training
Volatility Index
World Trade Organization