ABBREVIATIONS AND ACRONYMS
- ACBF - Africa Capacity-building Foundation
- AERC - Africa Economic Research Consortium
- AFESD - Arab Fund for Economic and Social Development
- ASB - Alternatives to Slash-and-burn Agriculture
- ASEAN - Association of South-East Asian Nations
- BPPS - Bureau for Policy and Programme Support
- CBO - community-based organization
- CGIAR - Consultative Group for International Agricultural
Research
- CIAT - Central Internacional de Agricultura Tropical
- COMESA - Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa
- COSD - Country Office Support Division
- DDSMS - Department for Development Support and Management
Services
- DGIP - Division for Global and Interregional Programmes
- DOPP - Division for Operational Policies and Procedures
- EIB - European Investment Bank
- EQI - Environmental Quality International
- ERM - External Resources Management
- GEF - Global Environment Facility
- GID - gender in development
- GPA - Global Plan of Action
- GSG - global steering group
- ICRAF - International Centre for Research on
Agro-Forestry
- IDB - Inter-American Development Bank
- IDRC - International Development Research Centre
- IFAD - International Fund for Agricultural Development
- IITA - International Institute for Tropical Agriculture
- IPF - indicative planning figure
- IRRI - International Rice Research Institute
- ITC - International Trade Centre
- JCB - Joint Coordinating Board
- LIFE - Local Initiative Facility for the Urban
Environment
- MACs - Meeting of Aid Coordinators
- MDGD - Management Development and Governance Division
- MFI - multilateral financial institutions
- MISTER - management information system for tropical
research
- NARS - national research institutions
- NATCAP - national technical cooperation assessments and
programmes
- NLTPS - National Long-term Perspectives Study
- OECD - Organisation for Economic Cooperation and
Development
- OESP - Office of Evaluation and Strategic Planning
- PAPP - Programme of Assistance to the Palestinian People
- PPER - project performance evaluation report
- PPRR - principal project resident representative
- PRPD - Policy and Regional Programme Division
- PTA - Preferential Trade Area
- PRODOC - project document
- PROWWES - Promotion of the Role of Women in Water and
Environmental Sanitation Service
- RBA - Regional Bureau for Africa
- RBAP - Regional Bureau for Asia and the Pacific
- RBAS - Regional Bureau for Arab States
- RBEC - Regional Bureau for Europe and the Commonwealth of
Independent States
- RBLAC - Regional Bureau for Latin America and the
Caribbean
- RPPD - Regional Programme and Policy Division
- SAARC - South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation
- SAATA - Structural Adjustment Advisory Teams for Africa
- SAPAM - Special Action Programme for Administration and
Management
- SDNP - Sustainable Development Networking Programme
- SEED - Sustainable Energy and Environment Division
- SEPED - Social Development and Poverty Elimination
Division
- SHD - sustainable human development
- SIAP - Statistical Institute for Asia and the Pacific
- SPR - Special Programme Resources
- TCDC - technical cooperation among developing countries
- TDR - Special Programme for Research and Training in
Tropical Diseases
- TINET - trade information network
- TOR - terms of reference
- UMP - Urban Management Programme
- UNCED - United Nations Conference on Environment and
Development
- UNCHS - United Nations Centre for Human Settlements
(Habitat)
- UNDP - United Nations Development Programme
- UNOPS - United Nations Office for Project Services
- WHO World Health Organization