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Industrial Development Agency

Brazilian Guarantees Agency

Local Innovation Agents

Active Labour Market Policy

Brazilian Association of Science Parks, Incubators and Accelerators

Trade and Investment Promotion Agency

Industry Business Clusters

Brazil More Productive (federal policy)

National Bank for Economic and Social Development

BNDES subsidiary (equity participations)

Brazilian Real (national currency)

Chamber of Foreign Trade

Reference Centre for Start-up Support

Steering Committee of REDESIM

Steering Committee of Simples Nacional

Corporate Income Tax

National Trade Confederation

National Industry Confederation

National Cadastre of Legal Persons (business registry)

National Council for Scientific and Technology Development

National Trade Facilitation Committee (CAMEX)

Custom Relations Management

Brazilian Securities Commission

Department of Business Registration and Integration

Simplified Export Declaration

Unified Export Declaration

Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (UN)

European Investment Bank

Brazilian Agricultural Research Agency

Brazilian Agency for Industrial Research and Innovation

Enterprise Resource Planning

Simple Credit Enterprise

European Union

Euro

Guarantee Fund for Micro and Small Enterprises

Worker Support Fund

Export Guarantee Fund

Export Guarantee Fund

Investment Guarantee Fund

Operations Guarantee Fund

Guarantee Fund of Work Time

Getulio Vargas Foundation (university)

National Innovation Agency

Permanent Forum on Micro and Small Enterprises

Gross Domestic Product

Global Entrepreneurship and Development Institute

Global Entrepreneurship Monitor Research Consortium

Permanent Working Group on Industry Business Clusters

Global Value Chains

High-Growth Firms

Inter-American Development Bank

National Statistical Office

State-level Tax on the Sale and Circulation of Goods

Information and Communication Technology

Euvaldo Lodi Institute

International Labour Organization

International Monetary Fund

National Industrial Property Office

Intellectual Property

Applied Economics Research Institute

Federal Tax on Industrial Products

Municipal Tax on Services

Latin American and Caribbean

Latin America Venture Capital Association

Ministry of Science, Technology, Innovation and Communication

Ministry of Industry, Foreign Trade and Services

Individual Micro Entrepreneur (policy)

Multinational Enterprises

Micro e Pequena Empresa (micro and small business)

Ministry of Planning, Development and Management

Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Technology Innovation Hubs

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development

Export Qualification Programme

Enterprise Innovation Plan (federal policy)

National Innovation Survey

Programme for International Student Assessment (OECD)

Product Market Regulations

National Programme of Export Culture

National Programme for Entrepreneurship Education

National Programme of Incubators and Technology Parks

National Programme for Productive Microcredit

Support Programme for the Competitiveness of Micro and Small Enterprises

Export Financing Programme

Programme for the Generation of Employment and Income

Vocational Education and Training Policy (former)

SENAI Programme of Inclusive Actions

SENAC Gratuity Programme

Investment Support Programme (BNDES)

Regulation Harmonisation Policy

Regulatory Impact Analysis

Women Entrepreneur Network

Export Credit Guarantee

Export Credit Guarantee for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises

Structural and Demographic Business Statistics (OECD)

Support Service for Micro and Small Enterprises (SME Agency)

Economic Development Departments (state-level)

Wholesale/Retail Trade Training Organisation

Industrial Training Organisation

Social Service of Industry

Integrated Foreign Trade System

Small and Medium Enterprise

Services Trade Restrictiveness Index (OECD)

Total Entrepreneurial Activity (rate)

Long-term interest rate (Central Bank)

Long-term rate (Central Bank)

United States Dollar

Value-Added Tax

Venture Capital

Vocational Education and Training

World Bank

World Economic Forum

Worldwide Governance Indicators (World Bank)

World Trade Organisation