ABBREVIATIONS XV ABBREVIATIONS ment ECLAC he co men OSUR Market Development ment community oABBREVIATIONS xv AGOA African Growth and Opportunity Act (of the United States) ASEAN Association of Southeast Asian Nations BIT bilateral investment treaty CARICOM Caribbean Community CIS Commonwealth of Independent States COMESA Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa CSR corporate social responsibility DFI developoment finance institution DTT double taxation treaty ECA export credit agency ECLAC Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean ECOWAS Economic Community of West African States EIU Economist Intelligence Unit EMU European Monetary Union EPA economic partnership agreement EU European Union FDI foreign direct investment FTA free trade agreement GATS General Agreement on Trade in Services (WTO Agreement) GCC Gulf Cooperation Council GDP gross domestic product GFCF gross fixed capital formation GLC government-linked company IAIGC Inter-Arab Investment Guarantee Corporation ICSID International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes ICT information and communications technology IDP investment development path IIA international investment agreement IPA investment promotion agency IPR intellectual property right ISDS investor-State dispute settlement ISO International Standards Organization IT information technolgy LAC Latin America and the Caribbean LDC least developed country M&A merger and acquisition MERCOSUR Mercado Común del Sur (Southern Common Market) MIGA Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency MFA Multi-Fibre Arrangement MFN most-favoured nation NEPAD New Partnership for Africa's Development NIE newly industrializing economy NOI net outward investment OECD Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development OEM original equipment manufacture PC personal computer R&D research and development SADC Southern African Development Community SAFE State Administration of Foreign Exchange (China) SAGIA Saudi Arabian General Investment Authority SME Small and medium-sized enterprises SPE special purpose entity TNC transnational corporation TPO Trade promotion organization TRIPS Trade-related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (WTO agreement) UNDP United Nations Development Programme UNIDO United Nations Industrial Development Organization WAIPA World Association of Investment Promotion Agencies WTO World Trade Organization ABBREVIATIONS