Multi-dimensional Review of Paraguay

Abbreviations and acronyms

AIDS

Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome

ANDE

Administración Nacional de Electricidad (National Electricity Administration)

ANEAES

Agencia Nacional de Evaluación y Acreditación de la Educación Superior (National Agency for Evaluation and Accreditation of Higher Education)

ASPIRE

The Atlas of Social Protection Indicators of Resilience and Equity

BCP

Banco Central del Paraguay (Central Bank of Paraguay)

BTI

Bertelsmann Stiftung's Transformation Index

CAF

Corporación Andina de Fomento - Banco de Desarrollo de América Latina (Andean Development Corporation - Development Bank of Latin America)

CIAT

Centro Interamericano de Administraciones Tributarias (Inter-American Centre of Tax Administrations)

CNET

Consejo Nacional de Educación y Trabajo (National Education and Labour Council)

DGEEC

Dirección General de Estadística, Encuestas y Censos (General Directorate for Statistics, Surveys and Censuses)

DIGIES

Dirección General de Información Estratégica en Salud (General Directorate for Strategic Health Information)

DNCP

Dirección Nacional de Contrataciones Públicas (National Directorate for Public Procurement)

ECLAC

United Nations’ Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean

ENIF

Estrategia Nacional de Inclusión Financiera (Financial Inclusion National Strategy)

EPH

Encuesta Permanente de Hogares (Permanent Household Survey)

ER

Expected Results

ETESA

Evaluación de Tecnología en Salud (Health Technology Assessment)

EUR

Euro (currency)

FA

Framework Agreement

FDI

Foreign Direct Investment

FONACIDE

Fondo Nacional de Inversión Pública y de Desarrollo (National Fund for Public Investment and Development)

FONARESS

Fondo Nacional de Recursos Solidarios para la Salud (National Fund for Health Solidarity Resources)

FONASA

Fondo Nacional de Salud (National Health Fund)

GDP

Gross Domestic Product

GEPF

Government Employees Pension Fund

GES

Garantías Explícitas en Salud (Explicit Health Guarantees)

HBP

Health Benefit Package

HIV

Human Immunodeficiency Virus

IBS

Instituto de Bienestar Social (Social Welfare Institute)

IDB

Inter-American Development Bank

ILO

International Labour Organization

INAN

Instituto Nacional de Alimentación y Nutrición (National Institute of Food and Nutrition)

IPS

Instituto de Previsión Social (Social Security Institute)

ISCED

International Standard Classification of Education

LAC

Latin America and the Caribbean

MAG

Ministerio de Agricultura y Ganadería (Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock)

MDCR

Multi-dimensional Country Review

MEC

Ministerio de Educacion y Ciencias (Ministry of Education and Science)

MH

Ministerio de Hacienda (Ministry of Finance)

MIC

Ministerio de Industria y Comercio (Ministry of Industry and Commerce)

MITIC

Ministerio de Tecnologías de la Información y Comunicación (Ministry of Information Techologies and Communication)

MLG-MDCR

Mutual Learning Group for the Multi-dimensional Country Reviews

MSME

Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises

MSPBS

Ministerio de Salud Publica y Bienestar Social (Ministry of Public Health and Social Welfare)

MTESS

Ministerio de Trabajo, Empleo y Seguridad Social (Ministry of Employment, Labour and Social Security)

NHQP

National Health Quality Policy

OAS

Organization of American States

OECD

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development

PAHO

Pan American Health Organization

PAI

Programa Ampliado de Inmunizaciones (Expanded Immunization Program)

PISA

Programme for International Student Assessment

PNTE

Plan Nacional para la Transformación Educativa 2030 (National Plan for Educational Transformation 2030)

PPP

Purchasing Power Parity

PRONASIDA

Programa Nacional de Control del SIDA/ITS (National AIDS/STI Control Programme)

PYG

Paraguayan Guarani (currency)

REIFOCAL

Registro de Instituciones de Formación y Capacitación Laboral (Registry of Vocational Training Institutions)

RETA

Régimen Especial de Trabajadores Autónomos (Special Regime for Self-Employed Workers)

RUC

Registro Único de Contribuyentes (Single Registry of Taxpayers)

SDG

Sustainable Development Goals

SE4All

Sustainable Energy for All

SENAC

Secretaría Nacional Anticorrupción (National Anti-Corruption Secretariat)

SENATIC

Secretaría Nacional de Tecnologías de la Información y Comunicación (National Secretariat of Information and Communication Technologies)

SET

Subsecretaría de Estado de Tributación (Under-Secretariat of State for Taxation)

SIAF

Sistema Integrado de Administración Financiera (Integrated Financial Administration System)

SIIS

Sistema Integrado de Información Social (Integrated Social Information System)

SINAFOCAL

Sistema Nacional de Formación y Capacitación Laboral (National Labour Training System)

SIP

Sistema Informático Perinatal (Perinatal Computer System)

SIREPRO

Sistema Informático de Registro de Profesionales del Paraguay (Paraguay’s Computer Professional Registration System)

SNEPE

Sistema Nacional de Evaluación del Proceso Educativo (National System for the Evaluation of Educational Processes)

SNPP

Servicio Nacional Promoción Profesional (National Professional Promotion System)

SPS

Social Protection System

SSIEV

Sub-Sistema Informático de Estadísticas Vitales (Sub-Computer System of Vital Statistics)

STP

Secretaría Técnica de Planificación del Desarrollo Económico y Social (Technical Secretariat for Economic and Social Development Planning )

TVET

Technical and Vocational Education and Training

UN

United Nations

UNESCO

United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization

UNICEF

United Nations Children's Fund

USD

U.S. Dollar (currency)

USF

Unidades de Salud de la Familia (Family Healthcare Units)

UTGS

Unidad Técnica del Gabinete Social (Technical Unit of the Social Cabinet)

VAT

Value-Added Tax

WB

World Bank

WHO

World Health Organisation