Acronyms and abbreviations

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

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