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Abbreviations
CCSS CEPA CIS COMEX CONASSIF
CPI EC EFTA EPA EU FDI Fogafin FONASA FTA G3 GATS GDP INS Isapres MAS MAT Mercosur MFN MOU NAFTA NGO NPL OECD PTA
Caja Costarricense de Seguro Social, or Costa Rican Social Security Institution Closer Economic Partnership Agreement collective investment scheme Ministerio de Comercio Exterior, or Ministry of Foreign Trade (Costa Rica) Consejo Nacional de Supervisión del Sistema Financiero, or National Council of Supervision of the National Financial System (Costa Rica) Consumer Price Index European Commission European Free Trade Association Economic Partnership Agreement European Union foreign direct investment Fondo de Garantias de Instituciones Financieras, or Financial Institutions Guarantee Fund (Colombia) Fondo Nacional de Salud, or National Health Fund (Chile) free trade agreement Group of Three (Colombia, Mexico, and the República Bolivariana de Venezuela) General Agreement on Trade in Services gross domestic product Instituto Nacional de Seguros, or National Insurance Institute (Costa Rica) instituciones de salud provisional, or social security health providers Monetary Authority of Singapore marine, aviation, and transport Mercado Común del Sur (Southern Cone Common Market) most-favored-nation (treatment) memorandum of understanding North American Free Trade Agreement nongovernmental organization nonperforming loan Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development preferential trade agreement