Appendix E: Abbreviations and Acronyms
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W Y
A/AID — Office of the Administrator
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
AATF — African Agricultural Technology Foundation
ABA — American Bar Association
ABC — Abstinence, Being Faithful and Using Condom 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
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
ADS — Automated Directives System
AED — Academy for Educational Development
AEEB — Assistance to Eastern Europe and the Baltics
AELGA — Africa Emergency Locust and Grasshopper Assistance
AERA — Accelerating Economic Recovery in Asia
AFDB — African Development Bank
AFDF — Africa Development Fund
AFR — Africa Bureau
AG — Attorney General
AGEXPRONT — Nontraditional Exporters' Guild (Guatemala)
AGILE — Accelerated Growth, Investment, and Liberalization with Equity
AGOA — Africa Growth and Opportunities 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
AIN — Integrated Child Care (English translation)
ALGAS — Asia Least Cost Greenhouse Gas Abatement Strategy
ALO — Association Liaison Office
AMIR — Access to Micro-Finance and Implementation of Policy Reform
AMR — Anti-Microbial Resistance
ANACAFE — Guatemala' National Coffee Association
ANE — Asia and Near East Bureau
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
APPT — Abuse Prevention and Protection Team
APR — Agricultural Policy Reform
APRP — Agricultural Policy Reform Program
AREP — Accelerated Reform for Enterprise Promotion
ARI — Acute Respiratory Infection
ARV — Anti-Retroviral Vaccines
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
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BASIC — Basic Support for Institutionalized Child Support
BBSA — Basic Business Skill Acquisition
BCN — Biodiversity Conservation Network
BIGUF — Bangladesh Independent Garment Workers Union Federation
BOD — Biochemical Oxygen Demand
BOOT — Build-Own-Operate-Transfer
BOT — Build-Operate-Transfer
BRAC — Bangladesh Rural Advancement Committee
BSM — Business Systems Modernization
BTEC — Business Transformation Executive Committee
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CA — Cooperating Agency
CAAEF — Central Asian - American Enterprise Fund
CABEI — Central American Bank for Economic Integration
CABIO — Collaborative Agricultural Biotechnology Initiative
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
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
CBFRM — Community-based Forest Resource Management
CBJ — Congressional Budget Justification
CBNRM — Community-based Natural Resource Management
CBO — Community-Based Organization
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
CDO — Cooperative Development Organization
CDP — Cambodian Defenders Project
CDR — Cooperative Development Research Program (U.S.-Israel)
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 Processes Strengthening
CERTI — Complex Emergency Response and Transition Initiative
CETTI — Centers of Excellence in Teacher Training Initiative
CEWARN — Conflict Early Warning Network
CFET — Consolidated Fund for East Timor
CFO — Chief Financial Officer
CG — Consultative Group
CGAP — Consultative Group to Assist the Poorest
CGIAR — Consultative Group for International Agricultural Research
CHF — Cooperative Housing Foundation
CIDA — Canadian International Development Agency
CIF — Capital Investment Fund
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
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
CMM — Conflict Management and Mitigation
CMM — Country Coordinating Mechanism
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)
COOP — Continuity of Operations
COP — Community of Practice
COTS — Commercial off the Shelf
CP — Congressional Presentation (now Congressional Budget Justification)
CPA — Coalition Provisional Authority (Iraq)
CPIC — Capital Planning and Investment Control
CPP — Comprehensive Post Partum Center
CPR — Contraceptive Prevalence Rate
CRM — Coastal Resources Management
CRS — Catholic Relief Services
CRSP — Collaborative Research Support Program
CSD — Child Survival and Diseases Fund (now Child Survival and Health Program Fund)
CSD — Commission on Sustainable Development
CSE — Colombo Stock Exchange
CSG — Council of State Governments
CSH — Child Survival and Health Programs Fund
CSM — Contraceptive Social Marketing
CSO — Civil Society Organization
CSW — Commercial Sex Workers
CT — Cash Transfer
CVA — Conflict Vulnerability Assessment
CWS — Church World Services
CY — Calendar Year
CYP — Couple-Years' Protection
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DA — Development Assistance
DAC — Development Assistance Committee (OECD)
DAF — Development Assistance Fund
DAI — Development Alternatives International
DAP — Development Activity Proposal
DART — Disaster Assistance Response Team
DBO — Design-Build-Operate
DCA — Development Credit Authority
DCHA — Democracy, Conflict and Humanitarian Assistance Bureau (USAID)
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
DH — Direct Hire
DHHS — Department of Health and Human Services
DHRF — Democracy and Human Rights Fund
DHS — Demographic Health Survey
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
DOJ — Department of Justice, U.S. Government
DOP — Declaration of Principles on Interim Self-Governing Arrangement
DOS — Department of State, U.S. Government
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
DRI — Development Readiness Initiative (USAID)
DRI — Diplomatic Readiness Initiative (Department of State)
DRP — Demobilization and Rehabilitation Program (World Bank)
DSP — Development Support Program
DTT — Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu
DVS — Democratic Values Survey
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EA — Enterprise Architecture
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
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
E&E — Europe and Eurasia Bureau
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 Bureau (USAID)
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
EO — Executive Order
EOP — Office of Equal Opportunity Programs
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
ES — Office of the Executive Secretariat
ESAF — Extended Structural Adjustment Facility (International Monetary Fund)
ESCOs — Energy Service Companies
ESEG — Energy Security for Economic Growth
ESF — Economic Support Fund
ETU — Egyptian Technology University
EU — European Union
EU/PHARE — European Union - Poland, Hungary, Albania, Romania, Estonia
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FANTA — Food and Nutrition Technical Assistance
FAO — Food and Agriculture Organization (United Nations)
FAR — Fixed Amount Reimbursable
FBO — Faith-Based Organization
FDA — Food and Drug Administration, U.S. Government
FDI — Foreign Direct Investment
FEMA — Federal Emergency Management Agency, U.S. Government
FEWS — Famine Early Warning System
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
FMIP — Financial Management Improvement Act
FORWARD — Fostering Resolution of Water Resources Disputes
FP — Family Planning
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 — Free Trade Agreement
FTAA — Free Trade Area of the Americas
FTE — Full Time Equivalency
FtF — Farmer to Farmer Program
FWWB — Friends of Women's World Banking
FY — Fiscal Year
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G-8 — Group of Eight (leading industrialized nations consisting of Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Russia, United Kingdom, and United States)
GAI — Global AIDS Initiative
GAIN — Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition
GAO — General Accounting Office
GAVI — Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunization
GATT — General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade
GC — Office of the General Counsel
GCA — Global Coalition for Africa
GCC — Global Climate Change
GDA — Global Development Alliance Secretariat
GDF — Global Drug Facility
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
GFATM — Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria
GH — Global Health Bureau (USAID)
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
GPA — Global Program of Action for the Protection of the Marine Environment from Landing-based Activities
GPRA — Government Performance and Results Act (P.L. 103-62)
GREGI — Gobi Regional Growth Initiative
GSA — General Services Administration
GSP — General System of Preference
GSU — Georgia State University
GTN — Global Technology Network
GTZ — German Agency for Technical Cooperation
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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
HKI — Helen Keller International
HMHC — Health Maintenance and Health Care
HMO — Health Maintenance Organization
HPSP — Health Policy Support Program
HRC — Human Rights Commission
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IACCC — Inter-Agency Climate Change Committee
IAF — Inter-American Development Foundation
IARC — International Agricultural Research Center
IAS — International Accounting Standards
IAVI — International AIDS Vaccine Initiative
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
ICZM — Integrated Coastal Zone Management
ID — Infectious Diseases
IDA — International Development Assistance
IDA — International Disaster Assistance (now International Disaster and Famine Assistance)
IDB — Inter-American Development Bank
IDE — International Development Enterprises
IDEE — Institution for Democracy in Eastern Europe
IDFA — International Disaster and Famine Assistance
IDP — Internally Displaced Person
IDSR — Integrated Disease Surveillance and Response
IEC — Information, Education and Communication
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
IFPP — International Relief Partnership Program
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
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
ILRF — International Labor Rights Fund
ILSI — International Life Sciences Institute
IMCI — Integrated Management of Childhood Illnesses
IMET — International Military Education and Training
IMF — International Monetary Fund
IMR — Integrated Managing for Results
IMR — Infant Mortality Rate
IMT — Irrigation Management Transfer
INC — International Narcotics Control (State Department)
INCLEN — International Clinical Epidemiology Network
INDRA — Indonesia Debt Restructuring Agency
INL — International Narcotics and Law Enforcement (State Department)
IO — International Organization
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 — Center for Institutional Reform in the Informal Sector
IRM — Information Resource Management
IRRF — Iraq Relief and Reconstruction Fund
ISA — Initiative for Southern Africa
ISAR — Institute on Soviet - American Relations
ISBO — Institutional Strengthening for Business Opportunities
ISO — International Export Standard
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
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JAFPP — Jordan Association of Family Planning
JBIC — Japanese Bank for International Development
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
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KfD — Knowledge for Development
KG — Kilogram
KHANA — Khmer HIV/AIDS Alliance
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LAC — Latin America and the Caribbean Bureau
LAF — Lebanese Armed Forces
LAU — Lebanese American University
LC — Local Currency
LE — Egyptian Pound
LEB — Locally Elected Body
LEWS — Livestock Early Warning System
LGU — Local Government Unit
LMI — Lower-Middle-Income
LPA — Legislative and Public Affairs Bureau
LTTE — Liberation Tigers of Tamil Elam
LWVF — Patrick J. Leahy War Victims Fund
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M — Management Bureau (USAID)
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
MCC — Millennium Challenge Corporation
MCEI — Municipal Coastal Environmental Initiative
MCH — Maternal and Child Health
MCM — Million Cubic Meters
MDB — Multilateral Development Bank
M&E — Monitoring and Evaluation
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
MOU — Memorandum of Understanding
MP — Member of Parliament
MPF — Multiproject Financing Facility
MPM — Management Policy and Metrics
MPMS — Management Policy and Metrics Staff
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
MSME — Micro, Small and Medium Enterprise
MT — Metric Tons
MTCT — Mother-to-Child Transmission
MTT — Mobile Task Team
MVCS — Most Valuable Companies
MW — Megawatt
MWI — Ministry of Water and Irrigation
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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 — National Endowment for Democracy
NED — New Enterprise Development
NEP — New Entry Professional
NEPAD — New Partnership for Africa's Development
NET — NIS Exchanges and Training
NFALP — Non-Formal and Adult Literacy Program
NFC — National Finance Center
NGO — Non-Governmental Organization
NID — National Immunization Day
NIH — National Institutes of Health
NIS — New Independent States of the Former Soviet Union (now Independent States of the Former Soviet Union)
NMS — New Management System
NOAA — National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
NORAD — Norwegian Aid
NPA — Non-Project Assistance
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
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OAS — Organization of American States
OAU — Organization of African Unity
ODA — Official Development Assistance
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 (USAID)
OHCHR — Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (United Nations)
OIG — Office of Inspector General (USAID)
OMB — Office of Management and Budget
OPEC — Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries
OPIC — Overseas Private Investment Corporation
OPIN — Online Presidential Initiatives Network
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
OSDBU/MRC — Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization/Minority Resource Center
OTI — Office of Transition Initiatives (USAID)
OVC — Orphans and Vulnerable Children
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PA — Palestinian Authority
PACD — Project Assistance Completion Date
PACT — Private Agencies Collaborating Together
PACT — Program for the Advancement of Commercial Technology
PAHO — Pan American Health Organization
PAL — Planning, Achievement, and Learning
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
PED — Provincial Environment Departments
PERPP — Public Enterprise Reform and Privatization Program
PEPFAR — President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief
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
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
PMA — President's Management Agenda
PMC — Pune Municipal Corporation
PMO — Program Management Office
PMP — Performance Monitoring Plan
PMTCT — Prevention of Mother-to-Child AIDS Transmission
PMTI — Presidential Management Training Initiative
PNFPP — Philippine National Family Planning Program
POP — Persistent Organic Pollutant
PPC — Policy and Program Coordination Bureau (USAID)
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 Reproduction
PRM — Population, Refugees, and Migration (State Department)
PRSP — Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper
PSC — Personal Service Contract
PSI — Population Services International
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 — PricewaterhouseCoopers
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QCHT — Quality Control of Health Technologies
QIZ — Qualifying Industrial Zones
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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)
RH — Reproductive Health
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
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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 — Office of Security
SEC — Securities and Exchange Commission
SEED — Support for East European Democracy
SEI — State Environmental Initiative
SEP — Senior Executive Program
SET — Supreme Electoral Tribunal
SIGN — Safe Injection Global Network
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
SOE — State-Owned Enterprise
SOW — Scope of Work
SPA — Special Program of Assistance
SPO — Special Objective
SPR — Sector Policy Reform
SPRP — Sector Policy Reform Program
SPS — Sanitary and Phyto-sanitary Standard
SRII — Standard Research Institute International
SRP — Sahel Regional Program
SSH — Special Self-Help Program
SSRC — Social Science Research Council
SSMSC — Stock Market State Commission (Ukraine)
STD — Sexually Transmitted Disease
STI — Sexually Transmitted Infection
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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
TCB — Trade Capacity Building
TDA — Tourism Development Authority
TFCA — Tropical Forest Conservation Act
TFET — Trust Fund for East Timor
TFR — Total Fertility Rate
TI — Transition Initiatives
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 Initiative
TRG — Triangle Research Group
TRM — Tadla Resources Management
TSG — The Services Group
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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
UNIFEM — United Nations Fund for Women
UNOPS — United Nations Operations Support
UNRWA — United Nations Relief and Works
Agency
UNTAET — United Nations Transitional Authority for East Timor
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
USFS — United States Forest Service
USFDA — U.S. Food and Drug Administration
USG — United States Government
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
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VC — Vulnerable Children
VCT — Voluntary Counseling and Testing
VfP — Volunteers for Prosperity
VHS — Voluntary Health Services
VITA — Volunteers in Technical Assistance
VOA — Voice of America
VOCA — Volunteers in Overseas Cooperative Assistance
VOT — Victims of Torture
VSC — Voluntary Surgical Contraceptive
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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
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YMCA — Young Men's Christian Association
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