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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 |
ABEDA | Arab Bank for Economic Development in Africa |
ABEL | Advancing Basic Education and Literacy |
ACDI | Agricultural Cooperative Development Institute |
ACI | Andean Counterdrug Initiative |
ACILS | American Center for International Labor Solidarity |
ACNM | American College of Nurse-Midwives |
ACS | American Community School |
ADB | Asian Development Bank |
ADEA | Association for the Development of Education in Africa |
ADEX | Exporters' Association (Peru) |
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 |
AEI | Africa Education Initiative |
AELGA | Africa Emergency Locust and Grasshopper Assistance |
AERA | Accelerating Economic Recovery in Asia |
AfDB | African Development Bank |
AFDF | Africa Development Fund |
AFESD | Arab Fund for Economic and Social Development |
AGEXPRONT | Nontraditional Exporters' Guild (Guatemala) |
AGILE | Accelerated Growth, Investment, and Liberalization with Equity |
AGOA | Africa Growth and Opportunities Act |
AIFLD | American Institute for Free Labor Development |
AIHA | American International Health Alliance |
AIN | Integrated Child Care (English translation) |
AL | Arab League |
ALGAS | Asia Least Cost Greenhouse Gas Abatement Strategy |
ALO | Association Liaison Office |
AMF | Arab Monetary Fund |
AMIDEAST | America-Mideast Educational and Training Services |
AMIR | Access to Micro-Finance and Implementation of Policy Reform |
ANACAFE | Guatemala' National Coffee Association |
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 |
APEP | Afghanistan Primary Education Program |
APPT | Abuse Prevention and Protection Team |
APRP | Agricultural Policy Reform Program |
AREP | Accelerated Reform for Enterprise Promotion |
ARI | Acute Respiratory Infection |
ARMM | Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao |
ARTF | Afghanistan Reconstruction Trust Fund |
ARV | Anti-Retroviral Vaccines |
ASEAN | South East Asian Nations |
ASEAN | Association of South East 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 |
BASIC | Basic Support for Institutionalized Child Support |
BBC | British Broadcasting Corporation |
BBSA | Basic Business Skill Acquisition |
BCIE | American Bank for Economic Integration |
BCN | Biodiversity Conservation Network |
BERC | Bangladesh Energy Regulatory Commission |
BIGUF | Bangladesh Independent Garment Workers Union Federation |
BiH | Bosnia and Herzegovina |
BOD | Biochemical Oxygen Demand |
BOOT | Build-Own-Operate-Transfer |
BOSTID | Board on Science and Technology for International Development |
BOT | Build-Operate-Transfer |
BRAC | Bangladesh Rural Advancement Committee |
BSM | Business Systems Modernization |
BSO | Business support organizations |
BTEC | Business Transformation Executive Committee |
BUET | Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology |
CA | Cooperating Agency |
CAA | Conflict-affected areas |
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 |
CACM | Central American Common Market |
CAF | Andean Development Bank |
CAFTA | Central America Free Trade Agreement |
CAI | Creative Associates Incorporated |
CAI-Asia | Clean Air Initiative for Asian Cities |
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 and Common Market |
CARPE | Central African Regional Program for the Environment |
CATIE | Center for Tropical Agriculture Investigations and Studies |
CBFP | Congo Basin Forest Partnership (USAID) |
CBFRM | Community-based Forest Resource Management |
CBI | Central Bank of Iraq |
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 |
CDB | Caribbean Development Bank |
CDC | Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S. Government) |
CDC | Citizens' Democracy Corps |
CDIE | Center for Development Information and Evaluation |
CDO | Cooperative Development Organization |
CDP | Cambodian Defenders Project |
CDR | Cooperative Development Research Program (U.S.-Israel) |
CDR | Council for Development and Reconstruction |
CEAO | African Economic Community |
CECI | Canadian Center for International Studies and Cooperation |
CEDPA | Center for Development and Population Activities |
CEE | Central and Eastern Europe |
CEEAC | Economic Community of Central African States |
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 |
CeSID | Serbian Center for Free Elections and Democracy |
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 |
CHF | Cooperative Housing Foundation |
CIDA | Canadian International Development Agency |
CIF | Capital Investment Fund |
CIFOR | Center for International Forestry Research |
CIKARD | Center for Indigenous Knowledge for Agriculture and Rural Development |
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 |
CIRAN | Centre for International Research and Advisory Networks |
CIT | Communities in Transition |
CITES | Convention of International Trade in Endangered Species |
CLD | Consortium for Legislative Development |
CMEA | Council for Mutual Economic Assistance |
CMM | Country Coordinating Mechanism |
CMS | Commercial Markets Strategy |
COCOM | Coordinating Committee on Export Controls |
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 | Chief of Party |
CPA | Coalition Provisional Authority (Iraq) |
CPIC | Capital Planning and Investment Control |
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 |
CS/MH | Child Survival/Maternal Health |
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 |
CSP | Community Services Program |
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 (USAID) |
DAC | Development Assistance Committee (OECD) |
DAF | Development Assistance Fund |
DAI | Development Alternatives International |
DANIDA | Danish International Development Agency |
DAP | Development Activity Proposal |
DART | Disaster Assistance Response Team |
DBO | Design-Build-Operate |
DCA | Development Credit Authority (USAID) |
DCHA | Democracy, Conflict and Humanitarian Assistance Bureau (USAID) |
DCOF | Displaced Children and Orphans Fund |
DCP | Development Credit Program |
DDR | Disarmament Demobilization and Reintegration |
DEVTA | Deworming and Enhanced Vitamin A |
DFA | Development Fund for Africa |
DFID | Department for International Development, United Kingdom |
DfID | Department for International Development (UK) |
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 | Direct Observed Short Course Treatment |
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 |
DSP | Disability Support Project |
DTT | Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu |
DVS | Democratic Values Survey |
EA | Enterprise Architecture |
EA | Environmental Assessment |
EAC | East African Community |
EADB | East African Development Bank |
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 |
ECA | Economic Commission for Africa |
ECAFE | Economic Commission for Asia and the Far East |
ECE | Economic Commission of Europe |
ECEP | Energy Conservation and Environment Project |
ECHO | European Commission Humanitarian Organization |
ECLA | Economic Commission for Latin America |
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 |
EDI | Economic Development Institute |
EE | Emergency and Evacuation |
EE | Europe and Eurasia |
EEAA | Egyptian Environmental Affairs Agency |
EEDC | Economic Entrepreneurial Development Center |
EEHC | Electricity Holding Company |
EEPP | Egypt Environmental Policy Program |
EFTA | European Free Trade Association |
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 |
Emergency Plan | President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief |
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 |
EPA | Environmental Protection Agency, U.S. Government |
EPI | Expanded Program of Immunization |
EPRA | Economic Policy Resource Center |
EPRC | Economic Policy Reform and Competitiveness |
EPSP | Economic Policy Support Project |
EQuALLS | Education Quality and Access for Learning and Livelihood Skills |
ERF | Emergency Response Fund |
ESAF | Extended Structural Adjustment Facility (International Monetary Fund) |
ESC | Employment Service Centers |
ESCAP | Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific |
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/European Community Humanitarian Office |
EU/PHARE | European Union – Poland, Hungary, Albania, Romania, Estonia |
EU-TACIS | European Union - Technical Assistance for the Commonwealth of Independent States |
EWMI | East West Management Institute |
ExIm Bank | Export Import Bank of the United States |
FANTA | Food and Nutrition Technical Assistance |
FAO | Food and Agriculture Organization (United Nations) |
FAR | Fixed Amount Reimbursable |
FATA | Federally Administered Tribal Areas |
FBO | Faith-Based Organization |
FCHV | Female Community Health Volunteers |
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 |
FMIS | Financial Management Information System |
FORWARD | Fostering Resolution of Water Resources Disputes |
FP | Family Planning |
FR/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 | 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 |
G-7 | Group of Seven (leading industrialized nations consisting of Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, United Kingdom, and United States) |
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 |
GATT | General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade |
GAVI | Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunization |
GCA | Global Coalition for Africa |
GCC | General Counsel of the Courts |
GCC | Global Climate Change |
GDA | Global Development Alliance |
GDC | German Development Cooperation (Gesellschaft fur Technicsche Zusammenarbeit) |
GDF | Global Drug Facility |
GDI | Gross Disposable Income |
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) |
GHA | Greater Horn of Africa |
GHAI | Greater Horn of Africa Initiative/USAID |
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 Organization for Technical Assistance |
GTZ | Gesellschaft fur Technicsche Zusammenarbeit (German Development Cooperation) |
HAART | Highly Active Anti-Retroviral Treatment |
HBCUs | Historically Black Colleges and Universities |
HCC | Historical Clarification Commission |
HESI | Higher Education Support Initiative |
HG | Housing Guaranty |
HHS | Department of Health and Human Services |
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 |
IACCC | Inter-Agency Climate Change Committee |
IADB | Inter-American Development Bank |
IAEA | International Atomic Energy Agency |
IAF | Inter-American Development Foundation |
IARC | International Agricultural Research Center |
IAS | International Accounting Standards |
IAVI | International AIDS Vaccine Initiative |
IBRA | Indonesian Bank Restructuring Agency |
IBTC | International Business and Technical Consultants |
ICASS | International Cooperative Administrative Support Services |
ICC | International Chamber of Commerce |
ICDDR | International Center for Diarrheal Disease Research |
ICDS | Integrated Child Development Services |
ICFTU | International Confederation of Free Trade Unions |
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 |
ICRAF | International Center for Research in Agroforestry |
ICRC | International Committee of the Red Cross |
ICT | Information and Communication Technology |
ICT | Information Communication Technology |
ICTY | International Criminal Tribunal for Yugoslavia |
ICZM | Integrated Coastal Zone Management |
ID | Infectious Diseases |
IDA | International Development Assistance |
IDA | International Disaster Assistance (now International Disaster and Famine Assistance) |
IDA | International Development Association |
IDB | Islamic Development Bank |
IDE | International Development Enterprises |
IDEE | Institution for Democracy in Eastern Europe |
IDFA | International Disaster and Famine Assistance |
IDP | Internally Displaced Persons |
IDRC | International Development Research Centre |
IDSR | Integrated Disease Surveillance and Response |
IEC | Information, Education and Communication |
IEE | Initial Environmental Examinations |
IEHA | Initiative to End Hunger in Africa/USAID |
IESC | International Executive Service Corps |
IFAD | International Fund for Agricultural Development |
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) |
IFPP | International Relief Partnership Program |
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 |
IIB | International Investment Bank |
IIDH | Inter-American Institute of Human Rights |
ILO | International Labor Organization |
ILO | International Labour Office |
ILRF | International Labor Rights Fund |
ILSI | International Life Sciences Institute |
IMA | InterChurch Medical Assistance |
IMCI | Integrated Management of Childhood Illnesses |
IMET | International Military Education and Training |
IMF | International Monetary Fund |
IMF | International Monetary Fund |
IMO | International Maritime Organization |
IMR | Infant Mortality Rate |
IMR | Integrated Managing for Results |
IMRP | Integrated Marshlands Restoration Program |
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 |
IOCC | International Orthodox Christian Charities |
IOM | International Organization for Migration |
IOM | International Organization of Migration |
IPEC | International Program on the Elimination of Child Labor |
IPO | International Public Organization |
IPPF | International Planned Parenthood Federation |
IPR | Intellectual Property Rights |
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 |
IRMO | Iraq Reconstruction Management Office |
IRRF | Iraq Relief and Reconstruction Fund |
ISA | Initiative for Southern Africa |
ISAR | Institute on Soviet - American Relations |
ISBO | Institutional Strengthening for Business Opportunities |
ISGA | Interim Self Governing Authority |
ISO | International Export Standard |
ISO | International Organization of Standardization |
ISP | Integrated Strategy Plan |
ISTI | International Science and Technology |
IT | Information Technology |
ITC | International Trade Centre (UNCTAD) |
ITDG | International Technology Development Group |
ITSH | Internal Transport, Shipping and Handling |
IUCN | International Union for the Conservation of Nature |
IUD | Inter-Uterine Device |
IVCHS | Improved Village and Community Health Service Program |
IVS | International Voluntary Services |
IWTC | International Women’s Tribune Center |
JAAIDS | Journalists Against AIDS in Nigeria |
JAFPP | Jordan Association of Family Planning |
JAI | Junior Achievement International |
JBIC | Japanese Bank for International Development |
JFMIP | Joint Financial Management Improvement Program |
JHPIEGO | Johns Hopkins Program in International Education for Gynecology and Obstetrics |
JHPIEGO | Johns Hopkins Program Providing Reproductive Health |
JHPIEGO | Johns Hopkins Program Providing Reproductive Health Information and Education |
JHU | Johns Hopkins University |
JHU/PCS | Johns Hopkins University/Population Communication Services |
JICA | Japanese International Cooperation Agency |
JRP | Judicial Reform Project |
JSI | John Snow Incorporation |
JUSBP | Jordan U.S. Business Partnership |
JVA | Jordan Valley Authority |
JVP | Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna |
JWC | Joint Water Committee |
KFAED | Kuwaiti Fund for Arab Economic Development |
KfD | Knowledge for Development |
KFW | German Reconstruction Credit Bank |
KfW | KfW Bankengruppe (German Development Bank) |
KG | Kilogram |
KHANA | Khmer HIV/AIDS Alliance |
KWO | Karen Women Organization |
L | |
LAC | Latin America and the Caribbean |
LAF | Lebanese Armed Forces |
LAU | Lebanese American University |
LC | Local Currency |
LE | Egyptian Pound |
LEB | Locally Elected Body |
LET | Life Extending Treatment |
LEWS | Livestock Early Warning System |
LG | Local Government |
LGU | Local Government Unit |
LMI | Lower-Middle-Income |
LTTE | Liberation Tigers of Tamil Elam |
LWPP | Lebanon Water Policy Program |
LWVF | Patrick J. Leahy War Victims Fund |
M | Management Bureau (USAID) |
M&E | Monitoring and Evaluation |
MAARD | Modified Acquisition and Assistance Request Document |
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 |
MCC | Millenium Challenge Corporation |
MCEI | Municipal Coastal Environmental Initiative |
MCH | Maternal and Child Health |
MCM | Million Cubic Meters |
MDB | Multilateral Development Bank |
MDC | Motherland Democracy Coalition |
MEA | Middle East and North Africa |
MEG | Morocco Education for Girls |
MEPI | Middle East Partnership Initiative |
MEPP | Monitoring and Evaluation Performance Program |
MERC | Middle East Regional Cooperation |
MES | Mongolian Energy Sector Project |
MFA | Microenterprise Finance |
MFI | Microfinance Institution |
MHO | Mutual Health Organizations |
MIGA | Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency |
MILF | Moro Islamic Liberation Front (Mindanao-based) |
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 |
MOLSA | Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs |
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 |
MSCI | Medical Service Corporation International |
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 |
NA | Not applicable, or Not Available |
NACP | National AIDS Control Program |
NAMRU-3 | Naval Medical Research Unit |
NAPA | National Academy for Public Administration |
NARUC | National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners |
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 |
NCSC | National Center for State Courts |
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 |
NGO | nongovernmental organization |
NHA | National Health Accounts |
NIB | Nordic Investment Bank |
NID | National Immunization Day |
NIDS | National Immunization Days |
NIH | National Institutes of Health |
NIS | New Independent States of the Former Soviet Union (now Independent States of the B763Former Soviet Union) |
NK | Nagorno-Karabakh |
NLC | National Legal Center |
NLD | National League for Democracy |
NMS | New Management System |
NOAA | National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration |
NORAD | Norwegian Aid |
NPA | Non-Project Assistance |
NPC | Nonpresence Countries |
NPI | New Partnership Initiative |
NPR | National Performance Review |
NRECA | National Rural Electric Cooperative Administration |
NRM | Natural Resource Management |
NRM | Natural Resources Management |
NTA | New Transatlantic Agenda |
NTE | Non-Traditional Export |
NTFP | Non-Traditional Forest Products |
NWI | Ministry of Water and Irrigation |
O/GAC | Office of the Global AIDS Coordinator |
OAS | Organization of American States |
OAS | Organization of American States |
OAU | Organization of African Unity |
ODA | Official Development Assistance |
ODA | Overseas Development Administration (British) |
OE | Operation Expenses |
OECD | Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development |
OECD | Organization of Economic Coopration and Dvelopment |
OECF | Overseas Economic Cooperation Fund |
OECS | Organization of Eastern Caribbean States |
OECS | Organization of Eastern Caribbean States |
OFDA | Office of Foreign Disaster Assistance (USAID) |
OFF | Oil for Food |
OGAC | Office of the Global AIDS Coordinator |
OHCHR | Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (United Nations) |
OHR | Office of the High Representative (in Bosnia-Herzegovina) |
OIC | Organization of the Islamic Conference |
OIG | Office of the Inspector General (USAID) |
OMB | Office of Management and Budget |
OPEC | Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries |
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 |
OTI | Office of Transition Initiatives (USAID) |
OTPOR | Serbian Democracy Group "Resistance" |
OVC | Orphans and Vulnerable Children |
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 |
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 |
PCA | Permanent Court of Arbitation |
Power Development Fund | |
PED | Palestinian Enterprise Development |
PED | Provincial Environment Departments |
PEDO | People’s Environment and Development Organization |
PEPFAR | President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief |
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 |
PHPIEGO | Johns Hopkins Program in Education for Gynecology and Obstetrics |
PICTI | Palestinian Information and Communications Technology Incubator |
PIEFZA | Palestinian Industrial and Free Zone Authority |
PIL | Public Interest Litigation |
PIP | Parks in Peril |
PIPA | Palestinian Investment and Promotion Agency |
PISG | Kosovo Provisional Institution for Self-Government |
PL | Public Law |
PLANTE | National Alternative Development Plan (Colombia) |
PLC | Palestinian Legislative Council |
PLN | Indonesian National Electric Company |
PLO | Palestinian Liberation Organization |
PLWHA | People Living with HIV/AIDS |
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 |
PPA | Public Private Alliance |
PPC | Policy and Program Coordination Bureau (USAID) |
PPG7 | Pilot Program to Conserve the Brazilian Rainforest, Group of 7 |
PPP | Public Private Partnership |
PREAL | Program for Education Reform in the Americas |
PRF | International Planned Parenthood Federation |
PRIME | Primary Providers' Training and Education in Reproduction |
PRIME | Program for Innovation in Microenterprise |
PRM | Bureau of Population, Migration, and Refugee/U.S. Department of State |
PRM | Population, Refugees, and Migration (State Department) |
PRSP | Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper |
PRT | Provincial Reconstruction Teams |
PSC | Personal Service Contract |
PSI | Population Services International |
PSIP | Procurement System Improvement Project |
PSO | Private Sector Organization |
PSO | Program Support Objective |
PTCA | Parent Teacher Community Associations |
PTP | Professional Training Program |
PVC | Private Voluntary Cooperation |
PVO | Private Voluntary Organization |
PW | Price-Waterhouse |
PWA | Palestinian Water Authority |
PWD | People with disabilities |
QCHT | Quality Control of Health Technologies |
QIZ | Qualifying Industrial Zones |
RACHA | Reproductive and Child Health Alliance |
RAMP | Rebuilding Agricultural Markets Program |
RCSA | Regional Center for Southern Africa (USAID) |
RCSP | Rural Civil Society Program |
RDM/A | Regional Development Mission/Asia (USAID) |
RDS | Regional Development and Support |
REACH | Rural Extension of Afghanistan's Community-Based Health Care program |
REB | Rural Electrification Board |
REDSO | Regional Economic Development Support Office (USAID) |
RFA | Request for Assistance |
RFP | Request for Proposal |
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 |
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 |
SARI-Energy | South Asia Regional Initiative for Energy |
SARI-Equity | South Asia Regional Initiative on Equity for Women and Children |
SBY | Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono |
SCA | Supreme Council for Antiquities |
SCF | Save the Children Federation |
SDF | Special Development Fund |
SEACI | South East Asia Competitiveness Initiative |
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 |
SFD | Saudi Fund for Development |
SIDA | Swedish International Development Agency |
SIDA | Swedish International Development Authority |
SIGN | Safe Injection Global Network |
SIWM | Souss-Massa Integrated Water Resources |
SLWWE | South Lebanon Water and Wastewater Establishment |
SME | Small and Medium Enterprises |
SO | Strategic Objective |
SOAG | Strategic Objective Agreement |
SOE | State-Owned Enterprise |
SOW | Scope of Work |
SPA | Small Program Assistance |
SPA | Special Program of Assistance |
SPA | Special Program of Assistance for Africa |
SPDC | State Peace and Development Council |
SpO | Special Objective |
SPR | Sector Policy Reform |
SPRP | Sector Policy Reform Program |
SPS | Sanitary and Phyto-santitary Standard |
SRII | Standard Research Institute International |
SRP | Sahel Regional Program |
SSH | Special Self-Help Program |
SSMSC | Stock Market State Commission (Ukraine) |
SSRC | Social Science Research Council |
STD | Sexually Transmitted Disease |
STI | Sexually Transmitted Infection |
SWAG | Senior Women’s Advisory Group on Sustainable Development |
TAACS | Technical Advisors for AIDS and Child Survival |
TACIS | Technical Assistance for the Commonwealth of Independent States, European Union |
TAF | The Asia Foundation |
TAG | Transparency and Accountability Grants |
TAR | Tibet Autonomous Region |
TB | Tuberculosis |
TBF | The Bridge Fund |
TCB | Trade Capacity Building |
TCP | The Competitiveness Program |
TDA | Tourism Development Authority |
TFCA | Tropical Forest Conservation Act |
TFET | Trust Fund for East Timor |
TFGI | The Futures Group |
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 |
UC | Union Council |
UECP | Urban Environmental Credit Program |
UES | Urban Environmental Services |
ULP | University Linkages Project |
UMCOR | Untied Methodist Committee on Relief |
UN | United Nations |
UNAIDS | United Nations AIDS Programs |
UNCED | UN Conference on Environment and Development |
UNCHS | United Nations Center for Human Settlements (Habitat) |
UNCTAD | UN Conference on Trade and Development |
UNDB | United Nations Development Bank |
UNDCP | United Nations Drug Control Program |
UNDP | UN Development Programme |
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 |
UNICEF | United Nations Children's Fund |
UNIDO | UN Industrial Development Organization |
UNIFEM | United Nations Fund for Women |
UNMIK | United Nations Mission in Kosovo |
UNOPS | United Nations Operations Support |
UNRISD | UN Research Institute for Social Development |
UNRWA | United Nations Relief and Works Agency |
UNTAET | United Nations Transitional Authority for East Timor |
URC | University Research Corporation |
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 |
USFDA | U.S. Food and Drug Administration |
USFS | United States Forest Service |
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 |
USTDA | United States Trade and Development Agency |
USTR | United States Trade Representative |
UTC | United Technologies Corporation |
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 |
VTTC | Vocational and Technical Training Centers |
WADB | West African Development Bank |
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 |
WCED | World Commission WCIP World Council of Indigenous Peoples on Environment and Development |
WCF | Working Capital Fund |
WCL | World Confederation of Labor |
WEDNET | Women, Environment and Development Network |
WFF | World Wildlife Federation |
WFP | World Food Program (United Nations) |
WFTU | World Federation of Trade Unions |
WHO | World Health Organization |
WID | Women in Development |
WIPO | World Intellectual Property Organizaton |
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 |
WVI | World Vision International |