Abbreviations and acronyms ADB AEC AFFs AFTA ASEAN ASEAN+6 BDS CCI DCED DEval DICA ESCAP FDI GCI GDP GIZ GMS GVC HACCP ICT IFC INSEAD IP IPRs ISIC ISO JETRO Lao PDR MGI MNPED NGO OECD PPP R&D RTA SDC SEZ SME SOE UMFCCI UNIDO UNODC VAT WEF
Asian Development Bank ASEAN Economic Community agriculture, fisheries and food industries ASEAN Free Trade Area Association of Southeast Asian Nations ASEAN plus Australia, China, India, Japan, New Zealand and Republic of Korea Business development services chamber of commerce and industry Donor Committee for Enterprise Development German Institute for Development Evaluation Directorate of Investment and Company Administration United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific foreign direct investment Global Competitiveness Index gross domestic product Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit Greater Mekong Subregion Global value chain Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points information and communications technology International Finance Corporation Institut Européen d’Administration des Affaires (European Institute of Business Administration) intellectual property intellectual property rights International Standard Industrial Classification International Organization for Standardization Japan External Trade Organization Lao People’s Democratic Republic McKinsey Global Institute Ministry of National Planning and Economic Development of Myanmar non-governmental organization Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development public-private partnership research and development regional trade agreement Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation special economic zone small and medium-sized enterprise state-owned enterprises Union of Myanmar Federation of Chambers of Commerce and Industry United Nations Industrial Development Organization United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime value-added tax World Economic Forum
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