Multi‑dimensional Review of Paraguay

Abbreviations and acronyms

AFD	Agencia Financiera de Desarrollo (Financial Development Agency)
AIDS	Acquired immune deficiency syndrome
ANEAES	Agencia Nacional de Evaluación y Acreditación de la Educación Superior (National Agency for Evaluation and Accreditation of Higher Education)
APS	Aporte Previsional Solidario (Solidarity Pension Contribution)
AUGE	Acceso Universal con Garantías Explícitas (Universal Access with Explicit Guarantees)
BCP	Banco Central del Paraguay (Central Bank of Paraguay)
BECAL	National Scholarship Programme Carlos Antonio López
BEPS	Beneficios Económicos Periódicos (Periodic Economic Benefits)
BTI	Bertelsmann Stiftung's Transformation Index
CADEP	Centro de Análisis y Difusión de la Economía Paraguaya (Centre for Analysis and Dissemination of the Paraguayan Economy)
CAIS	Centros de Atención Integral en Salud (Centres of Integral Health Care)
CCT	Conditional Cash Transfer
CEDLAS	Centro de Estudios Distributivos, Laborales y Sociales (Centre for Distributive, Labor and Social Studies)
CELADE	Centro Latinoamericano y Caribeño de Demografía (Latin American and Caribbean Demographic Centre)
CEQ	Commitment to Equity
CESITP	Central Sindical de Trabajadores del Paraguay (Workers Central Union of Paraguay)
CHE	Catastrophic health expenditure
CIAT	Centro Interamericano de Administraciones Tributarias (Inter-American Center of Tax Administrations)
CMNN	Communicable, maternal, neonatal and nutritional diseases
CNET	Consejo Nacional de Educación y Trabajo (National Council of Education and Labor)
CONES	Consejo Nacional de Educación Superior (National Council for Higher Education)
CR	Contributory regime
CRVS	Civil registration and vital statistics system
DB	Defined-benefit
DC	Defined-contribution
DGEEC	Dirección General de Estadística, Encuestas y Censos (Directorate-General for Surveys, Censuses and Statistics)
EBAIS	Equipos Básicos de Atención Integral de Salud (Basic Equipment of Comprehensive Healthcare)
ECLAC	Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean
EEB	Educación Escolar Básica (Basic School Education)
ELPS	Encuesta Longitudinal de Protección Social (Longitudinal Survey of Social Protection)
ENEP	Equipo Nacional de Estrategia País (National Team for Country Strategy)
EPH	Encuesta Permanente de Hogares de Paraguay (Permanent Household Survey)
EUR	Euro
FAO	Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
FEEI	Fondo para la Excelencia de la Educación y la Investigación (Fund for Excellence in Education and Research)
FONACIDE	Fondo Nacional de Inversión Pública y Desarrollo (National Fund for Public Investment and Development)
FONARESS	Fondo Nacional de Recursos Solidarios para la Salud (National Fund of Solidarity Resources for Health)
FOSYGA	Fondo de Seguridad y Garantía (Security and Guarantee Fund)
GBD	Global Burden of Disease
GDP	Gross Domestic Product
GIZ	Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit GmbH
HAQ	Healthcare access and quality
HIV	Human immunodeficiency virus
ICROP	Integrated Community Registration Outreach Programme
IDB	Inter-American Development Bank
IFAD	International Fund for Agricultural Development
IFD	Institutos de Formación Docente (Teacher training institutes)
ILO	International Labour Organization
IMF	International Monetary Fund
INAN	Instituto Nacional de Alimentacion y Nutricion (National Institute of Food and Nutrition)
IOPS	International Organisation of Pension Supervisors
IPS	Instituto de Previsión Social (Social Security Institute)
IRACIS	Impuesto a la renta comercial, industrial o de servicios (Tax on commercial, industrial or service income)
IRAGRO	Impuesto a la renta agropecuaria (Agricultural income tax)
IRP	Impuesto a la renta personal (Personal income tax)
IRPC	Impuesto a la Renta del Pequeño Contribuyente (Small Taxpayer's Income Tax)
ISCED	International Standard Classification of Education
IT	Information technology
ITS	Institutos Técnicos Superiores (Higher Technical Institutes)
IUD	Intrauterine device
LAC	Latin America and the Caribbean
MAG	Ministerio de Agricultura y Ganadería del Paraguay (Ministry of Agriculture and Animal Husbandry)
MDCR	Multi-dimensional Country Review
MEC	Ministerio de Educación y Ciencias (Ministry of Education and Science)
MH	Ministerio de Hacienda (Ministry of Finance)
MSPBS	Ministerio de Salud Pública y Bienestar Social (Ministry of Public Health and Social Welfare)
MTEESS	Ministerio de Trabajo, Empleo y Seguridad Social (Ministry of Employment, Labour and Social Security)
NCD	Non-communicable diseases
NEET	Not employed, nor in the education system or training
OOP	Out-of-pocket
PAHO	Pan-American Health Organization
PAI	Expanded Immunization Programme
PANI	Programa Alimentario Nutricional Integral (Comprehensive Nutritional Food Program)
PBS	Pensión Básica Solidaria (Basic Solidarity Pension)
PISA	Programme for International Student Assessment
PND	Plan Nacional de Desarrollo (National Development Plan)
PNTE	Plan Nacional para la Transformación Educativa 2030 (National Plan for Educational Transformation 2030)
PPP	Purchasing power parity
PREAL	Programa de Promoción de la Reforma Educativa en América Latina y el Caribe (Program for the Promotion of Educational Reform in Latin America and the Caribbean)
PYG	Paraguayan Guarani
REIFOCAL	Registro de Instituciones de Formación y Capacitación Laboral (Registry of institutions of professional training)
SAS	Secretaría de Acción Social (Secretariat for Social Action)
SASSA	South African Social Security Agency
SDG	Sustainable Development Goals
SEME	Sistema de Emergencias Médicas Extrahospitalarias (Out-of-hospital Medical Emergency System)
SENAC	Secretaría Nacional Anticorrupción (National Anti-Corruption Secretariat)
SENASA	Servicio Nacional de Saneamiento Ambiental (National Service of Environmental Sanitation)
SET	Subsecretaría de Estado de Tributación (Under-Secretary of State for Taxation)
SGSSS	Sistema General de Seguridad Social en Salud (General System of Social Security in Health)
SIAF	Sistema Integrado de Administración Financiera (Integrated Financial Management System)
SSIEV	Sub-Sistema Informático de Estadísticas Vitales (Sub-Computer System of Vital Statistics)
SIIS	Sistema Integrado de Información Social (Integrated Social Information System)
SINAFOCAL	Sistema Nacional de Formación y Capacitación Laboral (National Training and Labor Training System)
SISALRIL	Superintendencia de Salud y Riesgos Laborales de la República Dominicana (Superintendence of Health and Labor Risks of the Dominican Republic)
SNEPE	Sistema Nacional de Evaluación del Proceso Educativo (National System for the Evaluation of the Educational Process)
SNPP	Sistema Nacional de Promoción Profesional (National System of Professional Promotion)
SPR	Sistema de planificación por resultados (Results-based planning system)
SR	Subsidised regime
STP	Secretaría Técnica de Planeación del Desarrollo Económico y Social (Technical Secretariat for Economic and Social Development Planning)
TERCE	Tercer Estudio Regional Comparativo y Explicativo (Third Regional Comparative and Explanatory Study)
TVET	Technical and Vocational Education and Training
UCA	Universidad Católica "Nuestra Señora de la Asunción" (Catholic University of Asunción)
UHC	Universal Health Coverage
UN DESA	United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs
UN	United Nations
UNA	Universidad Nacional de Asunción (National University of Asunción)
UNDP	United Nations Development Programme
UNFPA	United Nations Population Fund
UNICEF	United Nations Children's Fund
USD	US Dollar
USF	Unidades de Salud de la Familia (Family Healthcare Units)
VAT	Value-added tax
WHO	World Health Organisation
YLL	Years of life lost