| 5G | Fifth-generation mobile network |
| ABGF | Agência Brasileira Gestora de Fundos Garantidores e Garantias |
| ADB | Asian Development Bank |
| AFD | Agencia Financiera de Desarrollo |
| AI | Artificial intelligence |
| AI/ML | Artificial intelligence/Machine learning |
| ALADI | Latin American Integration Association |
| ALBA-TCP | Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America-People’s Trade Agreement |
| APS | Announced Pledges Scenario |
| ASEAN | Association of Southeast Asian Nations |
| AVE | Ad valorem equivalent |
| BACI | Base pour l'Analyse du Commerce International |
| BaTIS | Balanced Trade in Services |
| BICE | Banco de Inversión y Comercio Exterior |
| BNDES | Brazilian Development Bank (Banco Nacional de Desenvolvimento Econômico e Social) |
| BRICS | Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa |
| CAF | Development Bank of Latin America and the Caribbean (Banco de Desarrollo de América Latina y el Caribe) |
| CACM | Central American Common Market |
| CAN | Andean Community |
| CARICOM | Caribbean Community |
| CDB | Caribbean Development Bank |
| CELAC | Community of Latin American and Caribbean States |
| CENIA | National Center for Artificial Intelligence |
| CIF-FOB | Cost, insurance and freight-free on board |
| COFIDE | Corporación Financiera de Desarrollo |
| CORFO | Corporación de Fomento de la Producción |
| CPTPP | Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership |
| CRM | Customer relationship management |
| CYTED | Programa Iberoamericano de Ciencia y Tecnología para el Desarrollo |
| DFI | Development finance institution |
| DigCompALC | Regional Digital Competencies Framework for Latin America and the Caribbean |
| ECA | Export credit agency |
| ECLAC | Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean |
| EEC | European Economic Community |
| EFSD+ | European Fund for Sustainable Development Plus |
| ESCS | Economic, Social and Cultural Status |
| ESG | Environmental, social and governance |
| EU | European Union |
| EV | Electric vehicle |
| EXIM | Export-import bank |
| FDI | Foreign direct investment |
| FDN | Financiera de Desarrollo Nacional |
| FIRA | Fideicomisos Instituidos en Relación con la Agricultura |
| FTAA | Free Trade Area of the Americas |
| GDP | Gross domestic product |
| GenAI | Generative artificial intelligence |
| GHG | Greenhouse gas |
| GSSSB | Green, social, sustainability, sustainability-linked and blue bonds |
| GTAP | Global Trade Analysis Project |
| GVC | Global value chain |
| ICT | Information and communication technology |
| IDB | Inter-American Development Bank |
| ILO | International Labour Organization |
| IMF | International Monetary Fund |
| IRC | International regulatory co-operation |
| ISCO-08 | International Standard Classification of Occupations 2008 |
| ISIC | International Standard Industrial Classification |
| ITIC | International Transport and Insurance Costs of Merchandise Trade |
| IoT | Internet of Things |
| KIIbIH | Key Indicators of Informality based on Individuals and their Households |
| LAC | Latin America and the Caribbean |
| LAFTA | Latin American Free Trade Association |
| LCOE | Levelised cost of electricity |
| LEO | Latin American Economic Outlook |
| MDB | Multilateral development bank |
| MERCOSUR | Southern Common Market (Mercado Común del Sur) |
| MSME | Micro-, small- and medium-sized enterprise |
| NAFINSA | Nacional Financiera |
| NAFTA | North American Free Trade Agreement |
| NDB | National development bank |
| NTM | Non-tariff measure |
| ODA | Official development assistance |
| OECD | Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development |
| OLADE | Latin American Energy Organization |
| OSH | Occupational safety and health |
| PDP | Productive development policy |
| PISA | Programme for International Student Assessment |
| PIPA | Programmes, Initiatives and Associated Projects |
| PPP | Public-private partnership |
| PPCM | Project Preparation Coordination Mechanism |
| PV | Photovoltaic |
| R&D | Research and development |
| SDG | Sustainable Development Goal |
| SEGIB | Ibero-American General Secretariat |
| SIDS | Small Island Developing States |
| SIEPAC | Central American Electrical Interconnection System |
| SINEA | Andean Electrical Interconnection System |
| SLB | Sustainability-linked bond |
| SME | Small and medium-sized enterprise |
| STEM | Science, technology, engineering and mathematics |
| TES | Total energy supply |
| TFP | Total factor productivity |
| TiVA | Trade in Value Added |
| TFFP | Trade Finance Facilitation Program |
| UN | United Nations |
| UNASUR | Union of South American Nations |
| UNCTAD | United Nations Conference on Trade and Development |
| VAT | Value-added tax |
| WTO | World Trade Organization |
Latin American Economic Outlook 2026
Deepening Integration into a Changing Global Economy
