Glossary
ARESEP

Autoridad Reguladora de los Servicios Públicos (Public Services Regulatory Authority)

BCCR

Banco Central de Costa Rica (Central Bank of Costa Rica)

BEPS

Base Erosion and Profit Shifting

BLI

Better Life Index

CAATEC

Comisión Asesora en Alta Tecnología (Advisory Commission in High Technology)

CAFTA-DR

Dominican Republic–Central America Free Trade Agreement

CCSS

Caja Costarricense de Seguro Social (Social Security Agency)

CETAC

Consejo Técnico de Aviación Civil (Civil Aviation Technical Council)

CGR

Contraloría General de la República (Office of the Comptroller General of the Republic)

CIAT

Inter-American Centre of Tax Administrations

CINDE

Coalición Costarricense de Iniciativas de Desarrollo (Costa Rican Coalition for Development Initiatives)

CNC

Consejo Nacional de Concesiones (National Concessions Council)

CNFL

Compañía Nacional de Fuerza y Luz (National Power and Light Company)

COMEX

Ministerio de Comercio Exterior (Ministry of Foreign Trade)

CONARE

Consejo Nacional de Rectores (National Council of University Chancellors)

CONARROZ

Corporación Arrocera Nacional (National Rice Corporation)

CONAVI

Consejo Nacional de Vialidad (National Roads Council)

COPROCOM

Comisión para Promover la Competencia (Competition Promotion Commission)

COSEVI

Consejo de Seguridad Vial (Road Safety Council )

CPCI

Consejo Presidencial de Competitividad e Innovación (Council on Competitiveness and Innovation)

CRC

Costa Rica Colon

CRCAL

Centro Regional de Competencia para América Latina (Regional Competition Centre for Latin America)

CRP

Costa Rica Provee (Costa Rica Provides)

CTP

Consejo de Transporte Público (Public Transportation Council )

ECE

Encuesta Continua de Empleo (Continuous Employment Survey)

ECI

Economic Complexity Index

ECLAC

Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean

ENAHO

Encuesta Nacional de Hogares (National Households Survey)

ENIGH

Encuesta Nacional de Ingresos y Gastos de los Hogares (National Income and Expenditure Survey)

FANAL

Fábrica Nacional de Licores (National Liquor Factory)

FAO

Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations

FDI

Foreign Direct Investment

FODESAF

Fondo de Desarrollo Social y Asignaciones Familiares (Family Allowances Fund)

FOMPRODUCE

Agencia de Fomento Productivo, Innovación y Valor Agregado (Agency of Productive Advancement, Innovation, and Added Value)

FONABE

Fondo Nacional de Becas (National Fund for Scholarships)

FSI

Financial Soundness Indicators

FTZ

Free Trade Zones

FX

Foreign Exchange

GAM

Gran Área Metropolitana (Great Metropolitan Area)

GDP

Gross Domestic Product

GERD

Gross Expenditure in Research and Development

GST

Goods and Services Tax

HERD

Higher Education Research and Development

ICE

Instituto Costarricense de Electricidad (Costa Rican Electricity Institute)

ICT

Instituto Costarricense de Turismo (Costa Rican Tourism Institute)

IICE

Instituto de Investigaciones en Ciencias Económicas (Institute for Research in Economics of the University of Costa Rica)

ILOSTAT

International Labour Organisation Statistics

IMAS

Instituto Mixto de Ayuda Social (Institute of Social Welfare)

INA

Instituto Nacional de Aprendizaje (National Learning Institute)

INCOFER

Instituto Costarricense de Ferrocarriles (National Railway Institute)

INCOP

Instituto Costarricense de Puertos del Pacífico (Costa Rican Institute for Pacific Ports)

INEC

Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censos (National Institute of Statistics and Censuses)

INS

Instituto Nacional de Seguros (National Insurance Institute)

IPR

Intellectual Property Rights

ITU-D

Telecommunication Development Sector

JAPDEVA

Junta de Administración Portuaria y de Desarrollo Económico de la Vertiente Atlántica (Port Management and Economic Development Board of the Atlantic Coast)

LAC

Latin America & Caribbean (developing only) as defined by the World Bank

LAICA

Liga Agrícola Industrial de la Caña de Azúcar (Industrial Agricultural League of Sugar Cane)

LANAMMEUCR

Laboratorio Nacional de Materiales y Modelos Estructurales (National Laboratory of Materials and Structural Models)

LCN

Latin America and Caribbean (all income levels) as defined by the World Bank

MEIC

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

MIDEPLAN

Ministerio de Planificación Nacional y Política Económica (Ministry of National Planning and Economic Policy)

MINAE

Ministerio de Ambiente y Energía (Ministry of Environment and Energy)

MOPT

Ministerio de Obras Públicas y Transportes (Ministry of Public Works)

NAMAs

Nationally Appropriate Mitigation Actions

PES

Payments for Environmental Services

PISA

Programme for International Student Assessment

PMR

Product Market Regulation

PPP

Purchasing Power Parity

PROCOMER

Promotora del Comercio Exterior de Costa Rica (The Foreign Trade Corporation of Costa Rica)

PROPYME

Programa de Apoyo a la Pequeña y Mediana Empresa (Support Programme for the Small and Medium Enterprise)

R&D

Research and Development

RECOPE

Refinadora Costarricense de Petróleo SA (Costa Rican Oil Refinery)

ROA

Return on Assets

SETENA

Secretaría Técnica Nacional Ambiental (National Environmental Office)

SINIRUBE

Sistema Nacional de Información y Registro Único de Beneficiarios (National Information System and Unique Registration of Beneficiaries)

SME

Small and Medium Enterprise

SOE

State-Owned Enterprise

STEM

Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics

SUGEF

Superintendencia General de Entidades Financieras (General Superintendence of Financial Institutions)

SUGEVAL

Superintendencia General de Valores (General Superintendence of Securities)

SUPEN

Superintendencia de Pensiones (Superintendence of Pensions)

SUTEL

Superintendencia de Telecomunicaciones (Superintendence of Telecommunications)

TSE

Tribunal Supremo de Costa Rica (National Electoral Tribunal)

UIS

UNESCO Institute for Statistics

UNDP

United Nations Development Programme

UNEP

United Nations Environment Programme

UNStats

United Nations Statistic Division

WTO

World Trade Organisation