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    Acronyms and Initialisms
    - General and By Organisation

    GENERAL

    ASCA

    Accumulated Savings and Credit Association

    ALEX

    Adhoc Learning Exercises

    ATOs

    Alternative Trade Organisations

    ATOM

    Activity to Output Monitoring

     

     

    BDS

    Business Development Services

     

     

    CBA

    Cost-Benefit Analysis

    CBO

    Community-Based Organisation

    CDF

    Comprehensive Development Framework

    CSR

    Corporate Social Responsibility

     

     

    ED

    Enterprise Development

    EDA

    Enterprise Developmetn Advisor

    EDD

    Enterprise Development Department in DFID

    EPR

    End of Programme Review

    ET

    Ethical Trade

    EvD

    DFID's Evaluation Department

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    FDI

    Foreign Direct Investment

    FIS

    Financial Information Service

    FT(Os)

    Fair Trade (Organisations)

     

     

    HR

    Human Rights

     

     

    IA

    Impact Assessment

    ICTs

    Information and Communications Technologies

    IDT

    International Development Targets

    INGO

    International Non-Governmental Organisation

     

     

    LAST

    Livelihood Asset Status Tracking

    LMS

    Livelihood Monitoring Strategy

     

     

    M&E

    Monitoring and Evaluation

    MF(I)

    Micro Finance (Institution)

    MIS

    Management Information System

    MSE

    Micro and Small Enterprises

    MSME

    Micro, Smalll and Medium Enterprises

    MTR

    Mid-Term Review

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    NGO

    Non-Governmental Organisation

    NSSD's

    National Strategies for Sustainable Development

     

     

    OPR'S -

    Output to Purpose Reviews

    OTC

    Over the Counter

     

     

    PAM

    Poverty Aim Marker

    PCM

    Programme/Project Cycle Management

    PCN

    Project Concept Note

    PCR

    Project Completion Record

    PIA -

    Participatory Impact Assessment

    PIMS

    Policy Information Marker System

    PLA

    Participatory Learning Activities

    PLA

    People Living with HIV/AIDS

    PMC

    Project Management Cycle

    PM&E

    Participatory Monitoring and Evaluation

    POM

    Policy Objective Marker

    PM

    Project Memorandum

    PMF

    Performance Measurement Framework

    PMU

    Project Management Unit

    PPP

    Public-Private Partnership

    PRA

    Participatory Rapid/Rural Appraisal

    PRSP

    Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper

    PSA

    Public Service Agreement

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    RED

    Rural Enterprise Development

    RIA

    Regulatory Impact Assessment

     

     

    SDA

    Social Delivery Agreement

    SDA

    Social Development Advisor (in DFID)

    SDD

    Social Development Division (in DFID)

    SED

    Small Enterprise Development

    SL

    Sustainable Livelihoods

    SME

    Small and Medium Enterprises

    SRB

    Socially Responsible Business

    SRL

    Sustainable Rural Livelihoods

    SSA

    Social Service Agreement

    STI

    Sexually Transmitted Infection

    SWOT

    Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats

     

     

    TBA

    Traditional Birth Attendant

    TSP

    Target Strategy Paper

     

    VCT

    Voluntary Counselling and Testing

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    ORGANISATIONS

    ADB

    African/Asian Development Bank

    AGENT

    Agribusiness Entrepreneur Network and Training (Zimbabwe)

    AMKA

    'Awareness' or 'Awaken' in Swahili (Tanzanian NGO)

     

     

    CARE-SWARMU

    CARE's South West Africa Regional Management Unit

    CDC

    Commonwealth Development Corporation

    CEDAW

    Convention on Elimination of Discrimination Against Women

    CIDA

    Canadian International Development Agency

    CRIMP

    Central Region Infrastructure Maintenance Programme (Malawi)

    CRISP

    Credit for the Informal Sector Project (Zimbabwe)

     

     

    DAC

    Development Assistance Committee

    DFID

    Department for International Development (U.K.)

     

     

    EDD

    Enterprise Development Department (in DFID)

    EU

    European Union

    EvD

    Evaluation Department (in DFID)

     

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    FINE

    First intials of a network of four international Fair Trade associations: Fairtrade Labelling Organisation (FLO); International Federation of Alternative Trade (IFAT); Network of European World Shops (NEWS); European Fair Trade Association (EFTA)

    FLO

    Fairtrade Labelling Organisation

     

     

    GTZ

    Gesselschaft fur Technische Zusammenarbeit (German Technical Co-operation Agency)

     

     

    IDPM

    Institute for Development of Policy and Management (Manchester University)

    IDRC

    International Development Research Centre (of Canada)

    IDS

    Institute of Development Studies (Sussex University)

    IFAT

    International Federation of Alternative Trade

    ILO

    International Labour Organisation

    ITDG

    Intermediate Technology Development Group

     

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    JX

    Just Exchange (South Africa)

     

     

    KK

    Kuapa Kokoo (Ghana)

     

     

    MDA

    Mineworkers' Development Agency (South Africa)

     

     

    NRET

    Natural Resources Ethical Trade (Programme)

    NRI

    Natural Resources Institute

     

     

    ODI

    Overseas Development Institute

    OECD

    Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development

    OFT

    Oxfam Fair Trade

    OPM

    Oxfprd Policy Management

     

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    SBP

    Small Business Project (South Africa)

    SDD

    Social Development Division (in DFID)

    SEF

    Small Enterprise Foundation (South Africa)

    SEWA

    Self-Employed Women's Association (India)

    SIDA

    Swedish International Development Agency

     

     

    TEEM

    Training for Enterprise and Exports (Malawi)

     

     

    UNDP

    United Nations Development Programme

    UNICEF

    United Nations's Children's Fund

     

     

    WB

    World Bank

    WISE

    Women in Sustainable Enterprise

     

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