Acronyms and Abbreviations

AAA Accra Agenda for Action AAPPG Africa All Party Parliamentary Group ACP Africa, the Caribbean and the Pacific region ADB African Development Bank ADF African Development Fund AFTA ASEAN Free Trade Area initiative AGE advisory group of experts AIDS Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome AIIB Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank AOAV Action on Armed Violence ART anti-retroviral therapy ARV anti-retroviral ASEAN South East Asian Nations ASI Adam Smith Institute ATPC African Trade Policy Centre AU African Union BNA Basic Needs Approach BRICS Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa BWIs Bretton Woods Institutions CAP Common Agricultural Policy CAR Central African Republic CBDR 'common but differentiated responsibilities' CBOs community-based organizations CFCs chlorofluorocarbons CGD Commission on Growth and Development CHS Commission on Human Security CPEs complex political emergencies CSD Commission on Sustainable Development CSOs civil society organizations DAC Development Assistance Committee DAWN Development Alternatives with Women for a New Era DDR disarmament, demobilization and reintegration DFID UK Department for International Development DPKO UN Department of Peacekeeping Operations DRR disaster risk reduction ECLA Economic Commission for Latin America ECLAC Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean ECOSOC United Nations Economic and Social Council EFA Education for All EJM environmental justice movement EPAs Economic Partnership Agreements ERM European Exchange Rate Mechanism ESAF Enhanced Structural Adjustment Facility EU European Union FDI foreign direct investment FFD3 Third Financing for Development summit FIDES Fonds d'Investissement pour le Développement Economique et Social FLO Fairtrade Labelling Organizations International FTAs free trade agreements G-77 Group of 77 countries G8 Group of 8 countries (Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Russia, the United Kingdom and the United States) G20 Group of 20 countries. GAD Gender and Development GATT General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade GDI Gender-related Development Index GDP gross domestic product GEF Global Environment Facility GEG global environmental governance GEM Gender Empowerment Measure GHI Global Hunger Index GII Gender Inequality Index GNI gross national income GNP gross national product GOARN Global Outbreak Alert and Response Network (part of the WHO) GPEDC Global Partnership for Effective Development Co-operation HDI United Nations Human Development Index HIPC Heavily Indebted Poor Countries Initiative HLF High Level Forum HLP High-Level Panel HSRP Human Security Report Project HSU UN Human Security Unit IATI International Aid Transparency Initiative ICANN Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers ICC International Criminal Court ICPD International Conference on Population and Development ICTs information and communication technologies IDA International Development Association IDC International Development Committee (UK) IDPs internally displaced persons IDPS International Dialogue on Peacebuilding and Statebuilding IDS Institute of Development Studies (Brighton, UK) IEAG Independent Expert Advisory Group IFIs international financial institutions IFPRI International Food Policy Research Institute IGO international intergovernmental organization IISS International Institute for Strategic Studies ILO International Labour Organization IMF International Monetary Fund INGOs international non-governmental organizations IOM International Organization for Migration IPA International Peace Academy IPCC Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change IPD infectious and parasitic disease IPFA Information Project for Africa ISI import-substitution industrialization ITU International Telecommunication Union KRIBP Kribhco Indo-British Farming Project LA21 Local Agenda 21 LDCs least developed countries LEDCs less economically developed countries LRRD linking relief, rehabilitation and development MDGs Millennium Development Goals MDGGTF MDG Gap Task Force MDRI Multilateral Debt Relief Initiative MEAs multilateral environmental agreements MEDCs more economically developed countries MERCOSUR Southern Cone Common Market MMR maternal mortality rate MNCs multinational corporations MRG Minority Rights Group International MSF Médecins Sans Frontières (Doctors Without Borders) NAFTA North American Free Trade Agreement NAM Non-Aligned Movement NATO North Atlantic Treaty Organization NGOs non-governmental organizations NICs newly industrializing countries NIEO new international economic order NNGOs northern non-governmental organizations NPA New Policy...