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 |