| A&A |
Acquisition and Assistance |
| AACD |
Activity Assistance Completion Date |
| AAD |
Activity Approval Document |
| AAEF |
Albanian-American Enterprise Fund |
| AAFLI |
Asian-American Free Labor Institute |
| AAUJ |
Arab American University in Jenin |
| ABA |
American Bar Association |
| ABC |
Abstinence, Being, Faithful, Condom Provision Approach |
| ABEL |
Advancing Basic Education and Literacy |
| ACDI |
Agriculture Cooperation Development International |
| ACDI |
Agricultural Cooperative Development Institute |
| ACI |
Andean Counterdrug Initiative |
| ACILS |
American Center for International Labor Solidarity |
| ACLEDA |
Association of Cambodian Local Economic Development |
| ADB |
Asian Development Bank |
| ADEA |
Association for the Development of Education in Africa |
| ADEX |
Exporters' Association (Peru) |
| ADF |
African Development Foundation |
| ADP |
Automated Data Processing |
| ADR |
Alternative Dispute Resolution |
| ADRA |
Adventist Development and Relief Agency |
| ADS |
Automated Directives System |
| AED |
Academy for Educational Development |
| AEEB |
Assistance for Eastern Europe and the Baltic States |
| AELGA |
Africa Emergency Locust/Grasshopper Assistance |
| AERA |
Accelerating Economic Recovery in Asia |
| AFDB |
African Development Bank |
| AFDF |
Africa Development Fund |
| AG |
Attorney General |
| AGEXPRONT |
Nontraditional Exporters' Guild (Guatemala) |
| AGILE |
Accelerated Growth, Investment, and Liberalization
with Equity |
| AGOA |
Africa Growth and Opportunity Act |
| AIDS |
Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome |
| AIDSCAP |
Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome Control and Prevention
Project |
| AIFLD |
American Institute for Free Labor Development |
| AIHA |
American International Health Alliance |
| ALGAS |
Asia Least Cost Greenhouse Gas Abatement Strategy |
| ALO |
Association Liaison Office |
| AMC |
Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation |
| AMIR |
Access to Micro-Finance and Implementation of Policy
Reform |
| ANACAFE |
Guatemala' National Coffee Association |
| ANDA |
El Salvador Water Authority |
| ANE |
Asia and Near East |
| ANERA |
American Near East Refugee Aid |
| AOJ |
Administration of Justice |
| AOJS |
Administration of Justice Support |
| APAC |
AIDS Prevention and Control |
| APEC |
Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation |
| APEDA |
Agricultural Products Export Development Authority |
| APR |
Agricultural Policy Reform |
| APRP |
Agricultural Policy Reform Program |
| AREP |
Accelerated Reform for Enterprise Promotion |
| ARI |
Acute Respiratory Infection |
| ARV |
Anti-Retroviral Treatment |
| ASEAN |
Association of Southeast Asian Nations |
| ASHA |
American Schools and Hospitals Abroad |
| ATFL |
American Task Force in Lebanon |
| ATI |
Appropriate Technology International |
| ATRIP |
Africa Trade and Investment Program |
| AUB |
American University of Beirut |
| AUSAID |
Australia Agency for International Development |
| AVRDC |
Asian Vegetable Research and Development Center |
| AVSC |
Access for Voluntary Surgical Contraceptive |
| AWACS AID |
Worldwide Accounting and Control System |
| BAPPENAS |
Indonesia National Planning Agency |
| BARC |
Bangladesh Agricultural Research Council |
| BASIC |
Basic Support for Institutionalized Child Support |
| BBB |
British Broadcasting System |
| BBSA |
Basic Business Skill Acquisition |
| BCN |
Biodiversity Conservation Network |
| BHR |
Bureau for Humanitarian Response (now Bureau for Democracy,
Conflict and Humanitarian Assistance) |
| BIGUF |
Bangladesh Independent Garment Workers Union Federation |
| BiH |
Bosnia and Herzegovina |
| BOD |
Biochemical Oxygen Demand |
| BOOT |
Build-Own-Operate-Transfer |
| BOT |
Build-Operate-Transfer |
| BRAC |
Bangladesh Rural Advancement Committee |
| BTEC |
Business Transformation Executive Committee |
| CA |
Cooperating Agency |
| CAAEF |
Central Asian - American Enterprise Fund |
| CABEI |
Central American Bank for Economic Integration |
| CAC |
Community Access Center |
| CACEDERF |
Central America and Caribbean Emergency Disaster Relief
Fund |
| CAFTA |
Central America Free Trade Agreement |
| CAI |
Creative Associates Incorporated |
| CAIC |
Caribbean Association of Industry and Commerce |
| CAIP |
Cairo Air Improvement Project |
| CAMP |
Coastal Aquifer Management Program |
| CAP |
Counterpart Alliance for Partnership Program |
| CAPAS |
Central American Protected Areas System |
| CAPEL |
Center for the Promotion of Electoral Assistance |
| CARE |
Cooperative for Assistance and Relief Everywhere, Inc. |
| CAREC |
Caribbean Epidemiology Center |
| CARICOM |
Caribbean Community |
| CARPE |
Central African Regional Program for the Environment |
| CATIE |
Center for Tropical Agriculture Investigations and Studies |
| CBFP |
Congo Basin Forest Partnership |
| CBFRM |
Community-based Forest Resource Management |
| CBJ |
Congressional Budget Justification |
| CBNRM |
Community-based Natural Resource Management |
| CBO |
Community-Based Organization |
| CBSL |
Central Bank of Sri Lanka |
| CCA |
Clinger–Cohan Act |
| CCAD |
Central American Commission for Environment and Development
|
| CCM |
Country Coordinating Mechanism |
| CCP |
Code of Criminal Procedures |
| CCT |
Cooperative Coffee Timor |
| CDC |
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention |
| CDIE |
Center for Development Information and Evaluation |
| CDP |
Cambodian Defenders Project |
| CECI |
Canadian Center for International Studies and Cooperation |
| CEDPA |
Center for Development and Population Activities |
| CEE |
Central and Eastern Europe |
| CEELI |
Central and East European Law Institute |
| CEP |
Community Empowerment Program |
| CEPAL |
Economic Commission for Latin America |
| CEPPS |
Consortium for Elections and Political Process |
| CERTI |
Complex Emergency Response and Transition Initiative |
| CETT |
Centers of Excellence in Teacher Training Initiative
in Latin America and the Caribbean |
| CeSID |
Serbian Center for Free Elections and Democracy |
| CEWARN |
Conflict Early Warning Network |
| CFET |
Consolidated Fund for East Timor |
| CFO |
Chief Financial Officers Act |
| CG |
Consultative Group |
| CGIAR |
Consultative Group for International Agricultural Research |
| CHF |
Cooperative Housing Foundation |
| CIDA |
Canadian International Development Agency |
| CIFOR |
Center for International Forestry Research |
| CILSS |
Permanent Interstate Committee for the Control of Drought
in the Sahel |
| CIMMY |
International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center |
| CIP |
Commodity Import Program |
| CIPE |
Center for International Private Enterprise |
| CIT |
Communities in Transition |
| CITES |
Convention of International Trade in Endangered Species |
| CLD |
Consortium for Legislative Development |
| CLD/SUNY |
Center for Legislative Development, State University
of New York/Albany |
| CLDP |
Commercial Law Development Program |
| CLUSA |
Cooperative League of the United States of America |
| CMR |
Child Mortality Rate |
| CMS |
Commercial Markets Strategy |
| CNG |
Compressed Natural Gas |
| CO2 |
Carbon Dioxide |
| COE |
Council of Europe |
| COEN |
El Salvador Disaster Preparedness Organization |
| COMESA |
Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa |
| COMURES |
Corporation of Municipalities in El Salvador |
| CONRED |
National Disaster Coordinating Committee (Guatemala) |
| CONTIERRA |
Land Conflict Resolution Commission (Guatemala) |
| COP |
Community of Practice |
| COTS |
Commercial off the Shelf |
| CP |
Congressional Presentation (now Congressional Budget
Justification) |
| CPP |
Comprehensive Post Partum Center |
| CPR |
Contraceptive Prevalence Rate |
| CRDA |
Community Revitalization through Democratic Action |
| CRM |
Coastal Resources Management |
| CRS |
Catholic Relief Services |
| CRSP |
Collaborative Research Support Program |
| CSD |
Child Survival and Diseases Fund |
| CSD |
Commission on Sustainable Development |
| CSE |
Colombo Stock Exchange |
| CSG |
Council of State Governments |
| CSH |
Child Survival and Health Fund |
| CSM |
Contraceptive Social Marketing |
| CS/MH |
Child Survival/Maternal Health |
| CSD |
Child Survival and Disease Fund |
| CSH |
Child Survival and Health |
| CSM |
Contraceptive Social Marketing |
| CSO |
Civil Society Organization |
| CSP |
Country Strategy Plan |
| CSW |
Commercial Sex Workers |
| CT |
Cash Transfer |
| CVA |
Conflict Vulnerability Assessment |
| CWS |
Church World Services |
| CY |
Calendar Year |
| CYP |
Couple-Years' Protection |
| DA |
Development Assistance |
| DAC |
Development Assistance Committee |
| DAF |
Development Assistance Fund |
| DAI |
Development Alternatives Incorporated |
| DAP |
Development Activity Proposal |
| DART |
Disaster Assistance Response Team |
| DAVIS |
Universities of Florida and California |
| DBO |
Design-Build-Operate |
| DCA |
Development Credit Authority |
| DCHA |
Democracy, Conflict and Humanitarian Assistance |
| DCOF |
Displaced Children and Orphans Fund |
| DCP |
Development Credit Program |
| DEVTA |
Deworming and Enhanced Vitamin A |
| DFA |
Development Fund for Africa |
| DFID |
Department for International Development, United Kingdom |
| DG |
Democracy and Governance |
| DHRF |
Democracy and Human Rights Fund |
| DHS |
Demographic Health Survey |
| DHHS |
Department of Health and Human Services |
| DHRF |
Democracy and Human Rights Fund |
| DIET |
District Institute of Education and Training |
| DIMS |
Democratic Indicators Monitoring Survey |
| DOD |
Department of Defense, U.S. Government |
| DOE |
Department of Energy, U.S. Government |
| DOH |
Department of Health, U.S. Government |
| DOJ |
Department of Justice, U.S. Government |
| DOP |
Declaration of Principles on Interim Self-Governing
Arrangement |
| DOT |
Department of Treasury, U.S. Government |
| DOTS |
Directly Observed Therapy Short Course |
| DP |
Democracy Partnership |
| DPEP |
District Primary Education Program |
| DPT |
Diphtheria, Pertussis and Tetanus |
| DPT3 |
Diphtheria, Pertussis, Tetanus Immunization Series |
| DRG |
Diagnostic -Related Group |
| DRP |
Demobilization and Rehabilitation Program (World Bank) |
| DSP |
Development Support Program |
| DVS |
Democratic Values Survey |
| EA |
Environmental Assessment |
| EAC |
East African Community |
| EAGER |
Equity and Growth through Economic Research |
| EAI |
Enterprise for the Americas Initiative |
| EAP |
Environmental Action Plan |
| EAPEI |
East Asia and Pacific Environmental Initiative |
| EAR |
European Agency for Reconstruction |
| EBRD |
European Bank for Reconstruction and Development |
| EC |
European Community |
| ECEP |
Energy Conservation and Environment Project |
| ECHO |
European Commission Humanitarian Organization |
| ECLAC |
Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean |
| ECOMOG |
Economic Community of West African States Monitoring
Group |
| ECOWAS |
Economic Community of West African States |
| ECU |
European Currency Unit |
| EDDI |
Education for Development and Democracy Initiative |
| EE |
Europe and Eurasia |
| EE |
Emergency and Evacuation |
| EEAA |
Egyptian Environmental Affairs Agency |
| EEDC |
Economic Entrepreneurial Development Center |
| EEHC |
Electricity Holding Company |
| EEPP |
Egypt Environmental Policy Program |
| EG |
Economic Growth |
| EGAT |
Economic Growth, Agriculture, and Trade |
| EIA |
Environmental Impact Assessment |
| EIB |
European Investment Bank |
| EMED |
Entrepreneur Management and Executive Development |
| EMPS |
Environment Managed for Prosperity and Sustainability |
| ENI |
Europe and New Independent States (now Europe and Eurasia) |
| ENR |
Environment and Natural Resources |
| EPA |
Environmental Protection Agency, U.S. Government |
| EPI |
Expanded Program of Immunization |
| EPRA |
Economic Policy Resource Center |
| EPSP |
Economic Policy Support Project |
| ERF |
Emergency Response Fund |
| ESAF |
Extended Structural Adjustment Facility (IMF) |
| ESCOs |
Energy Service Companies |
| ESEG |
Energy Security for Economic Growth |
| ESF |
Economic Support Fund |
| ETU |
Egyptian Technology University |
| EU |
European Union |
| EU/ECHO |
European Union Community Humanitarian Office |
| EU/PHARE |
European Union - Poland, Hungary, Albania, Romania,
Estonia (EU's technical assistance organization for CEE
countries) |
| EU/TACIS |
European Union - Technical Assistance for the Commonwealth
of Independent States |
| EWMI |
East West Management Institute |
| FAO |
Food and Agriculture Organization (United
Nations) |
| FAR |
Fixed Amount Reimbursable |
| FDA |
Food and Drug Administration, U.S. Government |
| FDI |
Foreign Direct Investment |
| FEMA |
Federal Emergency Management Agency, U.S. Government |
| FEWS NET |
Famine Early Warning System Network |
| FFMIA |
Federal Financial Management Improvement Act |
| FFP |
Food for Peace |
| FFW |
Food for Work |
| FH |
Freedom House |
| FH/FNN |
Freedom House/National Forum Foundation |
| FIAS |
Foreign Investment Advisory Service |
| FICCI |
Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry |
| FINCA |
Foundation for International Community Assistance |
| FLAG |
Firm Level Assistance Group |
| FMIA |
Financial Management Improvement Act |
| FORWARD |
Fostering Resolution of Water Resources Disputes |
| FP/RH |
Family Planning and Reproductive Health |
| FREEDOM |
Freedom for Russia and Emerging Eurasian Democracies
and Open Markets Support Act of 1992 (FREEDOM Support
Act) |
| FRM |
Forest Resources Management |
| FSA |
FREEDOM Support Act |
| FSI |
Financial Systems Integration |
| FSO |
Foreign Service Officer |
| FSVC |
Financial Services Volunteer Corps |
| FTA |
Federal Trade Agreement |
| FTAA |
Free Trade Area of the Americas |
| FTF |
Farmer to Farmer Program |
| FWWB |
Friends of Women's World Banking |
| FY |
Fiscal Year |
| G-7 |
Group of Seven (leading industrialized
nations consisting of Canada, France, Germany, Italy,
Japan, United Kingdom, and United States) |
| G17 |
Serbian Group of 17 (reformist) Economists |
| G8 |
Group of Eight (leading industrialized nations consisting
of Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, United Kingdom,
and United States) |
| GAIN |
Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition |
| GAO |
General Accounting Office |
| GATT |
General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade |
| GAVI |
Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunization |
| GCA |
Global Coalition for Africa |
| GCC |
Global Climate Change |
| GDA |
Global Development Alliance |
| GDP |
Gross Domestic Product |
| GEF |
Global Environment Facility |
| GESAMP |
Group of Experts on the Scientific Aspects of Marine
Environmental Protection |
| GESI |
Global Environmental Sanitation Initiative |
| GH |
Global Health |
| GHA |
Greater Horn of Africa |
| GHAI |
Greater Horn of Africa Initiative |
| GHG |
Greenhouse Gas |
| GIE |
Gaza Industrial Estate |
| GIN |
Greening of Industry Network |
| GIS |
Geographic Information System |
| GLI |
Great Lakes Initiative |
| GLJI |
Great Lakes Justice Initiative |
| GNP |
Gross National Product |
| GOA |
Government of Afghanistan |
| GOB |
Government of Bangladesh |
| GOE |
Government of Egypt |
| GOI |
Government of India |
| GOI |
Government of Indonesia |
| GOI |
Government of Israel |
| GOJ |
Government of Jordan |
| GOL |
Government of Lebanon |
| GOM |
Government of Mongolia |
| GOM |
Government of Morocco |
| GON |
Government of Nepal |
| GOP |
Government of Pakistan |
| GOP |
Government of the Philippines |
| GOY |
Government of Yemen |
| GPA |
Global Program of Action for the Protection of the Marine
Environment from Landing-based Activities |
| GPRA |
Government Performance Review Act (P.L. 103-62) |
| GREGI |
Gobi Regional Growth Initiative |
| GSA |
General Services Administration |
| GSL |
Government of Sri Lanka |
| GSP |
General System of Preference |
| GSU |
Georgia State University |
| GTN |
Global Technology Network |
| GTZ |
German Agency for Technical Cooperation |
| HA |
Hectare |
| HBCUs |
Historically Black Colleges and Universities |
| HCC |
Historical Clarification Commission |
| HG |
Housing Guaranty |
| HIID |
Harvard Institute of International Development |
| HIPC |
Heavily Indebted Poor Countries |
| HIV |
Human Immunodeficiency Virus |
| HIV/AIDS |
Human Immunodeficiency Virus/Acquired Immune Deficiency
Syndrome |
| HKI |
Helen Keller International |
| HMHC |
Health Maintenance and Health Care |
| HMO |
Health Maintenance Organization |
| HPSP |
Health Policy Support Program |
| HRC |
Human Rights Commission |
| IACCC |
Inter-Agency Climate Change Committee |
| IADN |
Inter-American Democracy Network |
| IARC |
International Agricultural Research Center |
| IAS |
International Accounting Standards |
| IBRA |
Indonesian Bank Restructuring Agency |
| IBRD |
International Bank for Reconstruction and Development
(World Bank) |
| IBTC |
International Business and Technical Consultants |
| ICASS |
International Cooperative Administrative Support Services |
| ICDDR |
International Center for Diarrheal Disease Research
|
| ICDS |
Integrated Child Development Services |
| ICICI |
Industrial Credit and Investment Corporation of India |
| ICITAP |
International Criminal Investigation and Training Assistance
Program |
| ICLARM |
International Center for Living Aquatic Resources Management |
| ICNL |
International Center for Not-For-Profit Law |
| ICRC |
International Committee of the Red Cross |
| ICT |
Information and Communication Technology |
| ICTY |
International Criminal Tribunal for Yugoslavia |
| ICZM |
Integrated Coastal Zone Management |
| ID |
Infectious Diseases |
| IDA |
International Development Association |
| IDA |
International Disaster Assistance |
| IDB |
Inter-American Development Bank |
| IDE |
International Development Enterprises |
| IDEE |
Institution for Democracy in Eastern Europe |
| IDP |
Internally Displaced People |
| IDSR |
Integrated Disease Surveillance and Response |
| IEC |
Information, Education and Communication |
| IEE |
Initial Environmental Examinations |
| IEHA |
Initiative to End Hunger in Africa |
| IESC |
International Executive Service Corps |
| IFAD |
International Fund for Agricultural Development |
| IFC |
International Finance Corporation |
| IFDC |
International Fertilizer Development Center |
| IFES |
International Foundation for Electoral Systems |
| IFESH |
International Foundation for Education and Self Help |
| IFI |
International Financial Institute |
| IFI |
International Fund for Ireland |
| IFOR |
Implementation Force (NATO) |
| IFPRI |
International Food Policy Research Institute |
| IFPS |
Innovations in Family Planning Services |
| IFRC |
International Federation of the Red Cross |
| IG |
Inspector General |
| IGAD |
Intergovernmental Authority on Development |
| IHE-Delft |
International Institute for Infrastructural, Hydraulic,
and Environmental Engineering |
| IHRIG |
International Human Rights Law Group |
| IIDH |
Inter-American Institute of Human Rights |
| ILO |
International Labor Organization |
| IMCI |
Integrated Management of Childhood Illnesses |
| IMET |
International Military Education and Training |
| IMF |
International Monetary Fund |
| IMR |
Infant Mortality Rate |
| IMT |
Irrigation Management Transfer |
| INAS |
Morocco's School of Public Health |
| INC |
International Narcotics Control (State Department) |
| INCLEN |
International Clinical Epidemiology Network |
| INDRA |
Indonesia Debt Restructuring Agency |
| INL |
International Narcotics and Law Enforcement (State Department) |
| IOM |
International Organization for Migration |
| IPEC |
International Program on the Elimination of Child Labor |
| IPO |
International Public Organization |
| IPPF |
International Planned Parenthood Federation |
| IPR |
Intellectual Property Rights |
| IQC |
Indefinite Quantity Contract |
| IR |
Intermediate Result |
| IRDP |
Integrated Rural Development Program |
| IREX |
International Research and Exchanges Board |
| IRI |
International Republican Institute |
| IRIS |
Institutional Reform and the Informal Sector |
| IRIS |
Center for Institutional Reform in the Informal Sector |
| IRM |
IRM Information Resource Management |
| ISA |
Initiative for Southern Africa |
| ISAR |
Institute on Soviet - American Relations |
| ISBO |
Institutional Strengthening for Business Opportunities |
| ISO |
International Export Standard |
| ISP |
Integrated Strategy Plan |
| IT |
Information Technology |
| ITSH |
Internal Transport, Shipping and Handling |
| IUD |
Inter-Uterine Device |
| IVCHS |
Improved Village and Community Health Service Program |
| IVS |
International Voluntary Services |
| JAFPP |
Jordan Association of Family Planning |
| JAI |
Junior Achievement International |
| JFMIP |
Joint Financial Management Improvement Program |
| JHPIEGO |
Johns Hopkins Program Providing Reproductive Health |
| JHU/PCS |
Johns Hopkins University/Population Communication Services |
| JICA |
Japanese International Cooperation Agency |
| JSI |
John Snow Incorporation |
| JUSBP |
Jordan U.S. Business Partnership |
| JVA |
Jordan Valley Authority |
| JWC |
Joint Water Committee |
| KFW |
German Reconstruction Credit Bank |
| KG |
Kilogram |
| KHANA |
Khmer HIV/AIDS Alliance |
| LAC |
Latin America and the Caribbean |
| LAF |
Lebanese Armed Forces |
| LAU |
Lebanese American University |
| LC |
Local Currency |
| LE |
Egyptian Pound |
| LEB |
Locally Elected Body |
| LG |
Local Government |
| LGU |
Local Government Unit |
| LMI |
Lower-Middle-Income |
| LTTE |
Liberation Tigers of Tamil Elam |
| MACS |
Mission Accounting and Control System |
| MAFF |
Ministry of Agriculture Forestry and Fisheries |
| MAI |
Multilateral Assistance Initiative |
| MAP |
Market Access Program |
| MAP |
Morocco Agribusiness Promotion |
| MBA |
Masters of Business Administration |
| MBIT |
Masters of Business in Information Technology |
| MCA |
Millennium Challenge Account |
| MCEI |
Municipal Coastal Environmental Initiative |
| MCH/FP |
Maternal and Child Health/Family Planning |
| MCM |
Million Cubic Meters |
| MDB |
Multilateral Development Bank |
| ME&A |
Mendez-England and Associates |
| MEA |
Middle East and North Africa |
| MEG |
Morocco Education for Girls |
| MEPI |
Middle East Partnership Initiative |
| MERC |
Middle East Regional Cooperation |
| MES |
Mongolian Energy Sector Project |
| MFA |
Microenterprise Finance |
| MFI |
Microfinance Institution |
| MHO |
Mutual health organizations |
| MILGP |
Military Group |
| MINUGUA |
United Nations Verification Mission for Guatemala |
| MIS |
Management Information System |
| MMR |
Maternal Mortality Rate |
| MNE |
Ministry of National Education |
| MNLF |
Moro National Liberation Front |
| MOA |
Ministry of Agriculture |
| MOE |
Ministry of Education |
| MOE |
Ministry of Environment |
| MOEYS |
Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports |
| MOF |
Minister of Finance |
| MOH |
Ministry of Health |
| MOHHC |
Ministry of Health and Health Care |
| MOHP |
Ministry of Health and Population |
| MOJ |
Ministry of Justice |
| MOLG |
Ministry of Local Government |
| MOMRA |
Ministry of Municipal and Rural Affairs |
| MOPH |
Ministry of Public Health |
| MOST |
Micronutrient Operational Strategies and Technologies |
| MP |
Members of Parliament |
| MPF |
Multiproject Financing Facility |
| MPM |
Management Policy and Metrics |
| MPP |
Mission Performance Plan |
| MPRP |
Mongolian People's Revolutionary Party |
| MSE |
Micro and Small Enterprises |
| MSED |
Micro and Small Enterprise Development |
| MSH |
Management Sciences for Health |
| MSI |
Management Education for Girls |
| MT |
Metric Tons |
| MTCT |
Maternal-to-Child Transmission |
| MTT |
Mobile Task Team |
| MVCS |
Most Valuable Companies |
| MW |
Megawatt |
| MWI |
Ministry of Water and Irrigation |
| NA |
Not applicable, or Not Available |
| NACP |
National AIDS Control Program |
| NAMRU-3 |
Naval Medical Research Unit |
| NAPA |
National Academy for Public Administration |
| NAS |
Narcotic Affairs Section (State Department) |
| NASA |
National Aeronautics and Space Administration |
| NASDA |
National Association of State Development Agencies |
| NATO |
North Atlantic Treaty Organization |
| NBG |
National Bank of Georgia |
| NCBA |
National Cooperative Business Association |
| NCJS |
National Center for Judicial Studies |
| NDI |
National Democratic Institute |
| NEAP |
National Environmental Action Plan |
| NED |
New Enterprise Development |
| NED |
National Endowment for Democracy |
| NEP |
New Entry Professional |
| NEPAD |
New Partnership for Africa's Development |
| NET NIS |
Exchanges and Training Project |
| NFALP |
Non-Formal and Adult Literacy Program |
| NFC |
National Finance Center |
| NGO |
Non-Governmental Organization |
| NIDS |
National Immunization Days |
| NIH |
National Institutes of Health |
| NIS |
New Independent States of the former Soviet Union |
| NK |
Nagorno-Karabakh |
| NMS |
New Management System |
| NOAA |
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration |
| NORAD |
Norwegian Aid |
| NPA |
Non-Project Assistance |
| NPC |
Non-Presence Countries |
| NPI |
New Partnership Initiative |
| NPR |
National Performance Review |
| NRECA |
National Rural Electric Cooperative Administration |
| NRM |
Natural Resources Management |
| NTA |
New Transatlantic Agenda |
| NTE |
Non-traditional Export |
| NTFP |
Non-traditional Forest Products |
| NWI |
Ministry of Water and Irrigation |
| OAS |
Organization of American States |
| OAU |
Organization of African Unity |
| ODA |
Official Development Assistance |
| ODA |
Overseas Development Administration |
| OE |
Operation Expenses |
| OECD |
Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development |
| OECF |
Overseas Economic Cooperation Fund |
| OECS |
Organization of Eastern Caribbean States |
| OFDA |
Office of Foreign Disaster Assistance |
| OHR |
Office of the High Representative (in Bosnia-Herzegovina) |
| OHCHR |
Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (United
Nations) |
| OIG |
Office of the Inspector General |
| OMB |
Office of Management and Budget |
| OPEC |
Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries |
| OPIC |
Overseas Private Investment Corporation |
| OPV |
Oral Polio Vaccine |
| ORS |
Oral Rehydration Salts |
| ORS/T |
Oral Rehydration Salts/Therapy |
| ORT |
Oral Rehydration Therapy |
| OSCE |
Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe |
| OTI |
Office of Transition Initiatives |
| OTPOR |
Serbian Democracy Group “Resistance” |
| OVC |
Orphans and Vulnerable Children |
| PA |
Palestinian Authority |
| PACD |
Project Assistance Completion Date |
| PACT |
Private Agencies Collaborating Together |
| PACT/CRH |
Program for the Advancement of Commercial Technology/Child
and Reproductive Health |
| PAHO |
Pan American Health Organization |
| PART |
Program Assessment and Rating Tool |
| PASA |
Participating Agency Service Agreement |
| PATH |
Program for Appropriate Technologies in Health |
| PC |
Palestinian Council |
| PDF |
Power Development Fund |
| PEDS |
Provincial Environment Departments |
| PERPP |
Public Enterprise Reform and Privatization Program |
| PES |
Policy Environment Score |
| PHC |
Primary Health Care |
| PHCI |
Primary Health Care Initiative |
| PHN |
Population, Health and Nutrition |
| PIEFZA |
Palestinian Industrial and Free Zone Authority |
| PIL |
Public Interest Litigation |
| PIP |
Parks in Peril |
| PIPA |
Palestinian Investment and Promotion Agency |
| PISG |
Kosovo Provisional Institutions for Self-Government |
| PK-3 |
Third Generation Labor Intensive Works |
| PKSF |
Palli Karma Sahayak Foundation |
| PL |
Public Law |
| PLANTE |
National Alternative Development Plan (Colombia) |
| PLC |
Palestinian Legislative Council |
| PLN |
Indonesian National Electric Company |
| PLO |
Palestinian Liberation Organization |
| PMA |
Palestinian Monetary Authority |
| PMC |
Pune Municipal Corporation |
| PMO |
Program Management Office |
| PMTCT |
Prevention of Mother-to-Child Transmission |
| PMTI |
Presidential Management Training Initiative |
| PNFPP |
Philippine National Family Planning Program |
| POP |
Persistent Organic Pollutant |
| PPA |
Public Private Alliance |
| PPC |
Policy and Program Coordination |
| PPG7 |
Pilot Program to Conserve the Brazilian Rainforest,
Group of 7 |
| PREAL |
Program for Education Reform in the Americas |
| PRIME |
Program for Innovation in Microenterprise |
| PRIME |
Primary Providers' Training and Education in Reproductive |
| PRF |
International Planned Parenthood Federation |
| PRM |
Population, Refugees, and Migration (State Department) |
| PRSP |
Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper |
| PSC |
Personal Service Contract |
| PSIP |
Procurement System Improvement Project |
| PSO |
Private Sector Organization |
| PVC |
Private Voluntary Cooperation |
| PVO |
Private and Voluntary Organization |
| PW |
Price-Waterhouse |
| PWA |
Palestinian Water Authority |
| PWC |
Price Waterhouse Coopers |
| QCHT |
Quality Control of Health Technologies |
| QIZ |
Qualifying Industrial Zones |
| RACHA |
Reproductive and Child Health Alliance |
| RCSA |
Regional Center for Southern Africa (USAID) |
| RCSP |
Rural Civil Society Program |
| RDS |
Regional Development and Support |
| REDSO |
Regional Economic Development Support Office (USAID) |
| RGC |
Royal Government of Cambodia |
| RH/PHC |
Reproductive and Primary Health Care |
| RHUDO |
Regional Housing and Urban Development Office (USAID) |
| RIG |
Regional Inspector General (USAID) |
| ROL |
Rule of Law |
| ROT |
Rehabilitate-Operate-Transfer |
| RRB |
Regional Rural Banks |
| RSD |
Regional Sustainable Development Office (USAID) |
| RTI |
Research Triangle Institute |
| RTII |
Regional Trade and Investment Initiative |
| SAARC |
South Asian Association for Regional
Cooperation |
| SADC |
Southern Africa Development Community |
| SAEDF |
Southern Africa Enterprise Development Fund |
| SAGA |
Strategies and Analyses for Growth and Access |
| SAGE |
Strategies for Advancing Girls Education |
| SAI |
Special Assistance Initiative |
| SARI |
South Asia Regional Initiative |
| SCA |
Supreme Council for Antiquities |
| SDF |
Special Development Fund |
| SEBI |
Securities and Exchange Board of India |
| SEC |
Securities and Exchange Commission |
| SEED |
Support for East European Democracy |
| SEEU |
South East European University |
| SEI |
State Environmental Initiative |
| SEP |
Senior Executive Program |
| SET |
Supreme Electoral Tribunal |
| SIDA |
Swedish International Development Agency |
| SIWM |
Souss-Massa Integrated Water Resources |
| SME |
Small and Medium-sized Enterprises |
| SME |
Small- and Micro-enterprises |
| SMME |
Small, Medium and Micro Enterprises |
| SO |
Strategic Objective |
| SOAG |
Strategic Objective Agreement |
| SOE |
State-Owned Enterprise |
| SOW |
Scope of Work |
| SPA |
Special Program of Assistance (for Africa) |
| SPO |
Special Objective |
| SPR |
Sector Policy Reform |
| SPRP |
Sector Policy Reform Program |
| SRII |
Standard Research Institute International |
| SRP |
Sahel Regional Program |
| SSH |
Special Self-Help Program |
| SSMSC |
Stock Market State Commission (Ukraine) |
| STD |
Sexually Transmitted Disease |
| STI |
Sexually Transmitted Infection |
| STII |
Standard Research Institute International |
| TAACS |
Technical Advisors for AIDS and Child
Survival |
| TACIS |
Technical Assistance for the Commonwealth of Independent
States, European Union |
| TAF |
The Asia Foundation |
| TB |
Tuberculosis |
| TBD |
To be Determined |
| TDA |
Tourism Development Authority |
| TFCA |
Tropical Forest Conservation Act |
| TFET |
Trust Fund for East Timor |
| TFR |
Total Fertility Rate |
| TIFA |
Trade and Investment Framework |
| TISS |
Tata Institute of Social Sciences |
| TN |
Tamil Nadu |
| TNC |
The Nature Conservancy |
| TR&D |
Tropical Research and Development |
| TRA |
Telecommunications Regulatory Agency |
| TRADE |
Trade for African Development and Enterprise |
| TRM |
Tadla Resources Management |
| TSG |
The Services Group |
| UC |
Union Council |
| UECP |
Urban Environmental Credit Program |
| UES |
Urban Environmental Services |
| UK |
United Kingdom |
| ULP |
University Linkages Project |
| UMCOR |
Untied Methodist Committee on Relief |
| UN |
United Nations |
| UNAIDS |
United Nations Joint Program on HIV/AIDS |
| UNCHS |
United Nations Center for Human Settlements (Habitat) |
| UNDB |
United Nations Development Bank |
| UNDCP |
United Nations Drug Control Program |
| UNDP |
United Nation Development Program |
| UNECE |
United Nations Economic Commission for Europe |
| UNEP |
United Nations Environment Program |
| UNESCO |
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural
Organization |
| UNFCCC |
Untied Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change |
| UNFPA |
United Nations Population Fund |
| UNGA |
United Nations General Assembly |
| UNHCR |
Untied Nations High Commissioner for Refugees |
| UNHRC |
United Nations Human Rights Commission |
| UNICEF |
United Nations Children's Fund |
| UNMIK |
United Nations Mission in Kosovo |
| UNOPS |
United Nations Operations Support |
| UNRWA |
United Nations Refuge Works Agency |
| UNRWA |
United Nations Relief and Works Agency |
| UNTAET |
United Nations Transitional Authority for East Timor |
| UP |
Uttar Pradesh |
| URC |
University Research Corporation |
| US |
United States |
| USACE |
United States Army Corps of Engineers |
| USAEP |
U.S.-Asia Environmental Partnership |
| USAID |
United States Agency for International Development |
| USDA |
United States Department of Agriculture |
| USDH |
United States Direct Hire |
| USEA |
United States Energy Association |
| USF |
University of San Francisco |
| USFDA |
U.S. Food and Drug Administration |
| USG |
United States Government |
| USGS |
United States Geological Survey |
| USIA |
United States Information Agency |
| USIS |
United States Information Service |
| USSR |
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics |
| USTR |
United States Trade Representative |
| UTC |
United Technologies Corporation |
| UZP |
Upazila Parishad |
| VC |
Vulnerable Children
|
| VCT |
Voluntary Counseling and Testing |
| VHS |
Voluntary Health Services |
| VITA |
Volunteers in Technical Assistance |
| VOA |
Voice of America |
| VOCA |
Volunteers in Overseas Cooperative Assistance |
| VSC |
Voluntary Surgical Contraceptive |
| WAEN |
West Africa Enterprise Network |
| WAJ |
Water Authority of Jordan |
| WARP |
West African Regional Program |
| WB |
World Bank (International Bank for Reconstruction and
Development) |
| WCC |
World Coast Conference |
| WCF |
Working Capital Fund |
| WFF |
World Wildlife Federation |
| WFP |
World Food Program (United Nations) |
| WHO |
World Health Organization |
| WID |
Women in Development |
| WMO |
World Meteorological Organization |
| WOCCU |
World Council of Credit Unions |
| WRS |
Water Resource Sustainability |
| WSSCC |
Water Supply and Sanitation Collaborative Council |
| WSSD |
World Summit on Sustainable Development |
| WTO |
World Trade Organization |
| WWF |
World Wildlife Fund |
| YMCA |
Young Men's Christian Association |
