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Abbreviations

ADP Automatic Data Processing
EA East Asia
EPZ Export Processing Zone
FDI Foreign Direct Investment
FY Fiscal Year
GDP Gross Domestic Product
HT High Technology
ICT Information and Communication Technology
LAC Latin America and Caribbean
LT Low Technology
MENA Middle East and North Africa
MHT Medium and High Technology
MT Medium Technology
MSTQ Metrology, Standards, Testing and Quality
MVA Manufacturing Value-Added
NAFTA North American Free Trade Agreement
NIE Newly Industrialised Economy
PIHS Pakistan Integrated Household Survey
PRC People's Republic of China
R&D Research and Development
RB Resource-Based
SITC Standard International Trade Classification
SME Small and Medium Enterprise
SSA Sub-Saharan Africa
T&C Textiles and Clothing
TNC Trans-National Company
UNCTAD United Nations Conference on Trade and Development
UNESCO United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
UNIDO United Nations Industrial Development Organization
WMS World Market Share
WTO World Trade Organization

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