Abbreviations and acronyms

Dominican Association of SEZs

Dominican Republic Industries Association

National Agency of Technical Assistance and Rural Extension

National Innovation and Research Agency of Uruguay

Agreement on Subsidies and Countervailing Measures

Dominican Republic-Central America Free Trade Agreement

Centre for Agriculture and Forestry Development

Export and Investments Centre of the Dominican Republic

Industrial Development Corporation

International Advisory Commission of Science and Technology

Council for Innovation and Technological Development

Community Innovation Surveys

National Competitiveness Council

National Council of Free Trade Zones

Dominican Council for Quality

National Council for State Reform

National Council of Private Enterprise

National Council of Higher Education, Science and Technology

Tourism Promotion Council

National Agricultural and Forestry Research Council

General Direction for Norms and Quality System

United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean

European Development Fund

Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation

Economic Partnership Agreement

export share requirement

European Union

Food and Agriculture Organization

Foreign direct investment

Special Fund for the Agricultural Development

Competitiveness Fund

National Agricultural and Forestry Research Fund

Latin America’s Regional Fund for Agricultural Technology

Free trade agreements

Free Trade Zones

Gross domestic product

Gross fixed capital formation

Global value chains

Inter-American Development Bank

information and communication technology

Dominican Institute of Agricultural and Forestry Research

National Institute for Biotechnology and Industry

Dominican Institute for Quality

National Institute of Vocational Technical Training

Intellectual Property

Agro Entrepreneurial board of the Dominican Republic

Korea International Cooperation Agency

Latin America and the Caribbean

Ministry of Economy, Planning and Development

Ministry of Higher Education, Science and Technology

Multifiber Agreement

Ministry of Industry, Trade and Micro and SMEs

Ministry of Agriculture

Micro, small and medium enterprises

National Development Strategy

United States National Institute of Standards and Technology

Dominican Accreditation Body

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development

Dominican National Statistical Office

National Council for the Promotion and Support of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises

German National Metrology Institute

Pontifical Catholic University

Research and development

Ibero-American Network for Science and Technology Indicators

Small Business Innovation Research Program

Dominican System of Quality

National System for Food and Nutrition Independency and Safety

National System for Higher Education, Science and Technology

National System of Innovation and Technological Development

Science technology and innovation

Total factor productivity

United Nations Conference on Trade and Development

United Nations Industrial Development Organization

United States Agency for International Development

World Bank

World Trade Organisation