SOME COMMON ABBREVIATIONS AND ACRONYMS

Bureau for Asia & the Near East

AAFLI - Asian-American Free Labor Institute
ABEL - Advancing Basic Education and Literacy
ACDI - Agriculture Cooperation Development International
ACILS - American Center for International Labor Solidarity
ACLEDA - Association of Cambodian Local Economic Development
ADB - Asian Development Bank
ADR - Alternative Dispute Resolution
ADRA - Adventist Development and Relief Agency
AERA - Accelerating Economic Recovery in Asia
AGILE - Accelerated Growth, Investment, and Liberalization with Equity
ALGAS - Asia Least Cost Greenhouse Gas Abatement Strategy
AMC - Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation
AMIR - Access to Micro-Finance and Implementation of Policy Reform
ANE - Asia and Near East
APAC - AIDS Prevention and Control
APEC - Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation
APEDA - Agricultural Products Export Development Authority
APR - Agricultural Policy Reform
AREP - Accelerated Reform for Enterprise Promotion
ASEAN - Association of Southeast Asian Nations
AUB - American University of Beirut
AUSAID - Australia Agency for International Development
AVRDC - Asian Vegetable Research & Development Center
AVSC - Access for Voluntary Surgical Contraceptive

BAPPENAS - Indonesia National Planning Agency
BARC - Bangladesh Agricultural Research Council
BHR - Bureau for Humanitarian Relief
BIGUF - Bangladesh Independent Garment Workers Union Federation
BOT - Build-Operate-Transfer
BRAC - Bangladesh Rural Advancement Committee

CAIP - Cairo Air Improvement Project
CARE - Cooperative for Assistance & Relief Everywhere
CBFRM - Community-based Forest Resource Management
CBSL - Central Bank of Sri Lanka
CCP - Second Prime Minister Hun Sen
CDC - Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
CECI - Canadian Center for International Studies & Cooperation
CEDPA - Center for Development and Population Activities
CG - Consultative Group
CIMMY - International Maize & Wheat Improvement Center
CLD/SUNY - Center for Legislative Development at the State University of New York/Albany
CNG - Compressed Natural Gas
CO2 - Carbon Dioxide
CPP - Comprehensive Postpartum Centers
CPR - Contraceptive Prevalence Rate
CRM - Coastal Resources Management
CRS - Catholic Relief Services
CRSP - Cornell Universities - Collaboration Research Support
CSD - Child Survival and Disease
CSE - Colombo Stock Exchange
CSG - Council of State Governments
CSO - Civil Society Organization
CSW - Commercial Sex Workers
CWS - Church World Services
CYP - Couple-Years' Protection

DA - Development Assistance
DAVIS - Universities of Florida and California
DEVTA - Deworming and Enhanced Vitamin A
DFID - British Department for International Development
DG - Democracy and Governance
DIET - District Institute of Education and Training
DOE - Department of Energy
DOH - Department of Health
DOP - Declaration of Principles on Interim Self-Governing Arrangements
DP - Democracy Partnership
DPEP - District Primary Education Program

ECEP - Energy Conservation and Environment Project
EEAA - Egyptian Environmental Affairs Agency
EPA - Environmental Protection Agency
EPSP - Economic Policy Support Project
ESEG - Energy Security for Economic Growth
ESF - Economic Support Fund
EU - European Union

FIAS - Foreign Investment Advisory Service
FICCI - Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry
FORWARD - Fostering Resolution of Water Resources Disputes
FP - Family Planning
FP/MCH - Family Planning/Maternal and Child Health
FRM - Forest Resources Management
FTF - Farmer to Farmer
FWWB - Friends of Women's World Banking
FY - Fiscal Year

GATT - General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade
GCC - Global Climate Change
GDP - Gross Domestic Product
GEF - Global Environment Facility
GHG - Greenhouse Gas
GIN - Greening of Industry Network
GNP - Gross National Produce
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 the Philippines
GSL - Government of Sri Lanka
GTN - Global Technology Network
GTZ - German Technical Aid

HBCUs - Historically Black Colleges and Universities
HIV/AIDS - Human Immuno Virus/Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome
HKI - Helen Keller International
HPSP - Health Policy Support Program
HRC - Human Rights Commission

IACCC - Inter-Agency Climate Change Committee
IBRA - Indonesian Bank Restructuring Agency
IBRD - International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (World Bank)
ICDDR - International Center for Diarrheal Disease Research
ICDS - Integrated Child Development Services
ICICI - Industrial Credit and Investment Corporation of India
ICLARM - International Center for Living Aquatic Resources Mgmt
IDE - International Development Enterprises
IEC - Information, Education and Communication
IESC - International Executive Service Corps
IFAD - International Fund for Agricultural Development
IFC - International Finance Corp
IFDC - International Fertilizer Development Center
IFPRI - International Food Policy Research Institute
IFPS - Innovations in Family Planning Services
IHRIG - International Human Rights Law Group
ILO - International Labor Organization
IMF - International Monetary Fund
IMR - Infant Mortality Rate
INAS - Morocco's School of Public Health
INCLEN - International Clinical Epidemiology Network
IPEC - International Program on the Elimination of Child Labor
IRI - International Republican Institute
INDRA - Indonesia Debt Restructuring Agency
IPR - Intellectual Property Rights
IRIS - Institutional Reform & The Informal Sector
ISBO - Institutional Strengthening for Business Opportunities
ISO - International Export Standard
IUD - Inter-uterine Device
IVS - International Voluntary Services

JICA - Japanese International Cooperation Agency
JSI - John Snow Incorporation
JVA - Jordan Valley Authority
JWC - Joint Water Committee

KHANA - Khmer HIV/AIDS Alliance

LAF - Lebanese Armed Forces
LAU - Lebanese American University
LEB - Locally Elected Body
LGU - Local Government Unit
LMI - Lower-Middle-Income
LTTE - Liberation Tigers of Tamil Elam

MAFF - Ministry of Agriculture Forestry and Fisheries
MAI - Multilateral Assistance Initiative
MAP - Morocco Agribusiness Promotion
MCEI - Municipal Coastal Environmental Initiative
MCH/FP - Maternal and child health/family planning
MCH - Maternal and Child Health
MCM - Million Cubic Meters
ME&A - Mendez-England and Associates
MEA - Middle East and North Africa
MES - Mongolian Energy Sector Project
MFA - Microenterprise Finance
MNE - Ministry of National Education
MNLF - Moro National Liberation Front
MOE - Ministry of Environment
MOEYS - Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports
MOH - Ministry of Health
MOHHC - Ministry of Health and Health Care
MOHP - Ministry of Health and Population
MOMRA - Municipal and Rural Affairs
MOPH - Ministry of Public health
MPP - Mission Performance Plan
MP - Members of Parliament
MPRP - Mongolian People’s Revolutionary Party
MT - Metric Tons
MW - Megawatts
MWI - Ministry of Water and Irrigation

NA - Not applicable or not available
NACP - National AIDS Control Program
NASDA - National Association of State Development Agencies
NCJS - National Center for Judicial Studies
NDI - National Democratic Institute
NEAP - National Environmental Action Plan
NED - New Enterprise Development
NFALP - Non-Formal & Adult Literacy Program
NGO - Non-Governmental Organization
NORAD - Norwegian Aid
NRECA - National Rural Electric Cooperative Administration
NRM - Natural Resources Management
NWI - Ministry of Water and Irrigation

ODA - Official Development Assistance
OFDA - Office of Foreign Disaster Assistance
OPEC - Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries
OPIC - Overseas Private Investment Corporation
ORS - Oral Rehydration Salts

PA - Palestinian Authority
Pact - Private Agencies Collaborating Together
PACT/CRH - Program for the Advancement of Commercial Technology/Child and Reproductive Health
PATH - Program for Appropriate Technologies in Health
PDF - Power Development Fund
PEDS - Provincial Environment Departments
PIL - Public Interest Litigation
PK-3 - Third generation Labor Intensive Works
PKSF - Palli Karma Sahayak Foundation
P.L. - Public Law
PLC - Palestinian Legislative Council
PLO - Palestinian Liberation Organization
PLN - Perusahaan Listrik Negara (Indonesian National Electric Company)
PMC - Pune Municipal Corporation
PNFPP - Philippine National Family Planning Program
PVO - Private Voluntary Organization
PVC - Private Voluntary Cooperation
PWA - Palestinian Water Authority

QCHT - Quality Control of Health Technologies

RCSP - Rural Civil Society Program
RDS - Regional Development and Support
RGC - Royal Government of Cambodia
RH/PHC - Reproductive and Primary Health Care
RRB - Regional Rural Banks
RTI - Research Triangle Institute

SAARC - South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation
SCA - Supreme Council for Antiquities
SEBI - Securities and Exchange Board of India
SEI - State Environmental Initiative
SME - Small and Medium-sized Enterprises
SME - Small-and Micro-enterprises
SO - Strategic Objective
SOE - State-owned Enterprises
SPO - Special Objective
SPR - Sector Policy Reform
STD - Sexually Transmitted Disease
STI - Sexually Transmitted Infections

TAF - The Asia Foundation
TDA - Tourism Development Authority
TFR - Total Fertility Rate
TISS - Tata Institute of Social Sciences
TN - Tamil Nadu
TRM - Tadla Resources Management

UC - Union Council
UECP - Urban Environmental Credit Program
UES - Urban Environmental Services
UN - United Nations
UNAIDS - United Nations Joint Programme on HIV/AIDS
UNDB - United Nations Development Bank
UNDP - United Nations Development Program
UNESCO - United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
UNFPA - United Nations Population Fund
UNHCR - United Nations High Commission for Refugees
UNICEF - United Nations Children's Fund
UNRWA - United Nations Relief and Works Agency
UP - Uttar Pradesh
USAEP - U.S.-Asia Environmental Partnership
USDA - United States Department of the Agriculture
USEA - United States Energy Association
USF - University of San Francisco
USIA - United States Information Agency
USIS - United States Information Services
USG - United States Government
USTR - United States Department of Treasury
UTC - United Technologies Corporation
UZP - Upazila Parishad

VHS - Voluntary Health Services
VOCA - Volunteers in Overseas Cooperative Assistance
VSC - Voluntary Surgical Contraceptive

WAJ - Water Authority of Jordan
WFP - World Food Program
WHO - World Health Organization
WRS - Water Resource Sustainability
WTO - World Trade Organization

YMCA - Young Men’s Christian Association

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