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Glossary<br />

ACT additional company tax<br />

AETR average effective tax rate<br />

AGOA African Growth <strong>and</strong> Opportunity Act<br />

CFE controlled foreign entities<br />

CTM comparative tax model<br />

DAO Development Approval Order<br />

DBM Decl<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g Balance Method<br />

DITE Division on Investment, Technology <strong>and</strong> Enterprise Development (UNCTAD)<br />

DRC Democratic Republic <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Congo<br />

EPZ export process<strong>in</strong>g zone<br />

ERP effective rate <strong>of</strong> protection<br />

ERR economic rate <strong>of</strong> return<br />

EU European Union<br />

FDI foreign direct <strong>in</strong>vestment<br />

FRR f<strong>in</strong>ancial rate <strong>of</strong> return<br />

FTZ free trade zone<br />

GCI Global Competitiveness Index<br />

GCR Global Competitiveness Report<br />

GDP Gross Domestic Product<br />

GNP Gross National Product<br />

HTC harmful tax competition<br />

HTS high-tax state<br />

ICA <strong>in</strong>itial capital allowance<br />

ICT <strong>in</strong>formation <strong>and</strong> communications technology<br />

IMF International Monetary Fund<br />

ITC <strong>in</strong>vestment tax credit<br />

LTS low-tax state<br />

METR marg<strong>in</strong>al effective tax rate<br />

MICI Microeconomic Competitiveness Index<br />

MIDP Motor Industry Development Program<br />

MOU Memor<strong>and</strong>um <strong>of</strong> Underst<strong>and</strong><strong>in</strong>g

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