Select Committee on International Development Third Report


ABBREVIATIONS AND ACRONYMS

ADMARCAgricultural Development and Marketing Corporation (Malawi)
ARVsAnti-Retrovirals (HIV/AIDS drugs)
CARECare and Relief Everywhere (NGO)
CHADConflict and Humanitarian Affairs Department (DFID)
C-SAFEConsortium for the Southern African Food Emergency (NGO consortium)
DFIDDepartment for International Development
EMOPEmergency Operation (World Food Programme appeal for, and plan of, assistance)
EUEuropean Union
FAOFood and Agriculture Organization (UN)
FEWSNETFamine and Early Warning System Network (USAID-funded)
GDPGross Domestic Product
GMGenetically-Modified
GMOsGenetically-Modified Organisms
GMBGrain Marketing Board (Zimbabwe)
GNIGross National Income
HIPCHeavily-Indebted Poor Countries debt relief initiative
HIV/AIDSHuman Immunodeficiency Virus/Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome
IMFInternational Monetary Fund
INGCNational Institute of Disaster Management (Mozambique)
MDCMovement for Democratic Change (Zimbabwe opposition party)
MDGsMillennium Development Goals
MTMetric Tonnes
NEPADNew Partnership for Africa's Development
NGOsNon-Governmental Organizations
OPVsOpen-Pollinated Varieties (seeds)
PPPPurchasing Power Parity (cost-adjusted measure of income, for cross-national comparisons)
PRSPPoverty Reduction Strategy Paper
REWURegional Early Warning Unit (SADC)
SADCSouthern Africa Development Community
SCF-UKSave the Children Fund, UK (NGO)
SGRStrategic Grain Reserve (Malawi)
UNUnited Nations
UNDPUnited Nations Development Programme
UNICEFUnited Nations Children's Fund
UN-OCHAUnited Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
UN-RIACSOUnited Nations Regional Inter-Agency Coordination Support Office
USAIDUnited States Agency for International Development
WHOWorld Health Organization
WFPWorld Food Programme (UN)





 
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