Acronyms and abbreviations
Autoridad de Protección al Consumidor y Defensa de la Competencia (Consumer and Competition Protection Authority)
Autoridad del Canal de Panamá (Panama Canal Authority)
Automatic Exchange of Information
Active Labour Market Policy
Autoridad de la Micro, Pequeña y Mediana Empresa (Micro, Small and Medium-sized Enterprise Authority)
Autoridad Nacional de Transparencia y Acceso a la Información (National Authority of Transparency and Access to Information)
Base Erosion and Profit Shifting
Banco de la Nación Argentina (National Bank of Argentina)
Banco Nacional de Panamá (National Bank of Panama)
Central American Common Market
Development Bank of Latin America
Consejo de la Concertación Nacional para el Desarrollo (Council of the National Concertation for the Development)
Center for Distributional, Labor and Social Studies of the University of La Plata
Centre d’Études Prospectives et d’Informations Internationales (Center for Prospective Studies and International Information)
Commitment to Equity
Colón Free Trade Zone
Contraloria General de la República de Panamá (Office of the Comptroller General of the Republic of Panama)
Inter-American Center of Tax Administrations
Centre of Government
Council for University Evaluation and Accreditation
Corruption Perceptions Index
Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean
Empresa Nacional de Autopistas S.A. (National Highway Company S.A.)
Exchange of Information on Request
Employment Protection Legislation
Export of Value-Added
Fondo de Compensación Energética (Electricity Compensation Fund)
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Fondo de Ahorro de Panamá (Sovereign Wealth Fund)
Foreign Direct Investment
Fondo de Estabilización Tarifaria (Tariff Stabilisation Fund)
Financial Soundness Indicators
Fondo Tarifario de Occidente (West Tariff Fund)
Gross Domestic Product
Gross National Income
Government of the Republic of Panama
Information and Communication Technology
Inter-American Development Bank
International Labour Organization
International Monetary Fund
Instituto Nacional de Formación Profesional y Capacitación para el Desarrollo Humano (National Training Institute)
Instituto Nacional de Estadísticas y Censo (National Institute of Statistics and Census)
Instituto Técnico Superior del Este (Higher Technical Institute of the East)
Latin America and the Caribbean
Liquidity Coverage Ratio
Liquefied Natural Gas
Lender of Last Resort
Logistics Performance Index
Multi-Dimensional Country Review
Ministerio de Economía y Finanzas (Ministry of Economy and Finance)
Middle Income Trap
Not in education, employment or training
Official development Assistance
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative
Patent Co-operation Treaty
Panama Canal Watershed
National Strategic Plan for Science, Technology and Innovation
Programme for International Student Assessment
Personal Income Tax
Product Market Regulation
Purchasing Power Parity
Revealed Comparative Advantage
Red de Indicadores de Ciencia y Tecnología (Network for Science and Technology Indicators)
Sustainable Development Goals
Socio-Economic Database for Latin America and the Caribbean
National Secretariat Science, Technology and Innovation
Special Economic Zones
Social and Fiscal Responsibility Law
Central American Economic Integration Secretariat
Small and Medium-sized Enterprises
OECD Social Expenditure Database
Social Security Agency
Social Security Contributions
Third Regional Comparative and Explanatory Study
Total Factor Productivity
Technical and Vocational Education and Training
United Nations
United Nations Conference on Trade and Development
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
United Nations Children’s Fund
United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime
United States Dollar
Value Added Tax
VAT Revenue Ratio
World Health Organization
World Integrated Trade Solutions
World Trade Organization