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LIS T OF AB BREVI ATION S AND A CRONY MS
NICs newly industrializing countries
NIEs newly industrializing economies
NGO nongovernmental organization
NIEO New International Economic Order
OCA optimum currency area
OECD Organization of Economic Cooperation and
Development
OPEC Organization of Petroleum Exporting
Countires
R & D research and development
RTA Regional Trade Agreement
SDR Special Drawing Right
SII Structural Impediments Initiative
STT strategic trade theory
UN United Nations
UNCTAD United Nations Commission for Trade and
Development
VER voluntary export restraint
WB World Bank
WTO World Trade Organization

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