AfDB - African Development Bank

AiDA - Accessible Information on Development Activities

AIDS - acquired immune deficiency syndrome

ARDE - Annual Review of Development Effectiveness

ARPP - Annual Review of Portfolio Performance

AVU - African Virtual University

Bank - World Bank (IBRD and IDA)

BCEAO - Central Bank of West African States

Board - the World Bank Group Board of Executive Directors

CAE - Country Assistance Evaluation

CAS - Country Assistance Strategy

CCO - Committee of Cosponsoring Organizations

CDD - community-driven development

CDF - Comprehensive Development Framework

CEE - Central and Eastern Europe

CGAP - Consultative Group to Assist the Poorest

CGIAR - Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research

CIS - Commonwealth of Independent States

CODAM - Committee on Executive Directors’ Administrative Matters

CODE - Committee on Development Effectiveness

COGAM - Committee on Governance and Executive Directors’ Administrative Matters

CPIA - Country Policy and Institutional Assessment

CRN - Country Re-engagement Note

CSOs - civil society organizations

CWM - China Watershed Management Program

DAC - Development Assistance Committee (of the OECD)

DC - Development Committee

DEC - Development Economics and Data Group

DfID - Department for International Development

DOTS - directly observed treatment, short course

EBRD - European Bank for Reconstruction and Development

EC - European Commission

EEP - Education Enhancement Project

EFA - Education for All

ESMAP - Energy Sector Management Assistance Programme

ESSD - environmentally and socially sustainable development

ESW - economic and sector work

EU - European Union

FAO - Food and Agriculture Organization

FIRST - Financial Sector Reform and Strengthening Initiative

FRESH - Focusing Resources on Effective School Health

FSAP - Financial Sector Assessment Program

FSE - financial sector

FTI - Fast-Track Initiative

GAVI - Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunization

GDLN - Global Development Learning Network

GDN - Global Development Network

GDP - gross domestic product

GEF - Global Environment Facility

GFATM - Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria

GGFR - Global Gas Flaring Reduction Partnership

GHG - greenhouse gas

GNI - gross national income

HDN - human development

HIPC - heavily indebted poor countries

HIV/AIDS - human immunodeficiency virus/acquired immune deficiency syndrome

HNP - health, nutrition, and population

IADB - Inter-American Development Bank

IATT - Inter-Agency Task Team

IAVI - International AIDS Vaccine Initiative

IBRD - International Bank for Reconstruction and Development

ICA - investment climate assessment

ICFTU - International Confederation of Free Trade Unions

ICP - Global International Comparison Program

ICR - Implementation Completion Report

ICSID - International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes

ICT - information and communication technology

IDA - International Development Association

IDA-13 - 13th Replenishment of IDA

IFAD - International Fund for Agricultural Development

IFC - International Finance Corporation

ILO - International Labour Organization

IMF - International Monetary Fund

IMFC - International Monetary and Financial Committee

InfoDev - Information for Development Program

InfoShop - Information Shop at the World Bank

INSOL - International Federation of Insolvency Practitioners

INT - Department of Institutional Integrity

IPAA - International Partnership against AIDS in Africa

I-PRSP - Interim Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper

ISDB - Islamic Development Bank

ITAC - International Treatment Access Coalition

LIBOR - London InterBank Offered Rate

LICUS - low-income countries under stress

MAP - Multicountry HIV/AIDS Program

MDB - multilateral development bank

MDGs - Millennium Development Goals

MIGA - Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency

NEPAD - New Partnership for Africa’s Development

NERICA - New Rices for Africa

NGO - nongovernmental organization

NPV - net present value

NSCP - National Schistosomiasis Control Program

NWFP - North-West Frontier Province

OBA - output-based aid

ODA - official development assistance

OECD - Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development

OED - Operations Evaluation Department

OPEC - Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries

PACT - Partnership for Capacity Building in Africa

PAHO - Pan American Health Organization

PCF - Prototype Carbon Fund

PEFA - Public Expenditure and Financial Accountability

PHRD - Policy and Human Resources Development Fund

PNoWB - The Parliamentary Network on the World Bank

PREM - poverty reduction and economic management

PREM - Poverty Reduction and Economic Management (network)

PRGF - Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility

PRSC - Poverty Reduction Support Credit

PRSP - Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper

PRSTF - Poverty Reduction Strategy Trust Fund

PSI - private sector and infrastructure

PSI - Private Sector Development and Infrastructure Network

PSIA - poverty and social impact analysis

PTI - Program of Targeted Interventions

QAG - Quality Assurance Group

ROSC - Report on the Observance of Standards and Codes

RTFP - Regional Trade Facilitation Project

SADC - Southern Africa Development Community

SARS - sudden acute respiratory syndrome

SDC - Swiss Agency for Development and

Cooperation

SDP - Strategic Directions Paper

SDRs - special drawing rights

SME - small and medium enterprise

SPA - Strategic Partnership with Africa

SRM - strategy and resource management

SSP - Sector Strategy Paper

SWAP - Sector wide approaches

TA - technical assistance

TB - tuberculosis

TCP - Technical Cooperation Program

TRIPS - trade-related aspects of intellectual property rights

TSS - Transitional Support Strategy

U.N. - United Nations

UNAIDS - Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS

UNCTAD - United Nations Conference on Trade and Development

UNDP - United Nations Development Programme

UNEP - United Nations Environment Programme

UNESCO - United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization

UNGASS - United Nations General Assembly Special Session

UNHCR - United Nations High Commission for Refugees

UNICEF - United Nations Children’s Fund

UNIDO - United Nations Industrial Development Organization

USAID - U.S. Agency for International Development

WBI - World Bank Institute

WCL - World Confederation of Labour

WDR - World Development Report

WHI - Western Hemisphere Payments and Securities Clearance and Settlement Initiative

WHO - World Health Organization

WSSD - World Summit on Sustainable Development

WTO - World Trade Organization