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- abn — Autorité du Bassin du Niger (Niamey)
- acp — African, Caribbean, and Pacific Group of Countries (Lomé/Cotonou Agreement)
- adf — African Development Fund (Abidjan)
- AfDB — African Development Bank (Abidjan)
- afd — Agence Française de Développement (Paris)
- agoa — African Growth and Opportunity Act
- ai — Amnesty International
- apr — African Peer Review
- aprm — African Peer Review Mechanism
- au — African Union (Addis Ababa)
- bceao — Banque Centrale des Etats de l’Afrique de l’Ouest (Dakar)
- beac — Banque des Etats de l’Afrique Centrale (Yaoundé)
- car — Central African Republic
- cblt — Commission du Bassin du Lac Tchad (N’Djaména)
- ceeac — Communauté Economique des Etats de l’Afrique Centrale (Libreville) = eccas
- cemac — Communauté Economique et Monétaire de l’Afrique Centrale
- cen-sad — Community of Sahel-Saharan States (Tripoli)
- cepgl — Communauté Economique des Pays des Grands Lacs (Gisenyi/Rwanda)
- CFAfr — Franc de la Communauté Financière Africaine (bceao; beac)
- comesa — Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (Lusaka)
- cplp — Comunidade dos Países de Língua Portuguesa
- dac — Development Assistance Committee (Paris)
- ddr — Disarmament, Demobilisation and Reintegration
- dfid — Department for International Development (London)
- drc — Democratic Republic of the Congo
- eac — East African Community
- eca — Economic Commission for Africa (United Nations; Addis Ababa)
- eccas — Economic Community of Central African States (Libreville)
- ecf — Extended Credit Facility (imf)
- ecowas — Economic Community of West African States (Abuja)
- edf — European Development Fund (Brussels)
- eib — European Investment Bank (Luxemburg)
- epa — Economic Partnership Agreement
- esaf — Enhanced Structural Adjustment Facility (imf)
- eu — European Union (Brussels)
- fao — Food and Agricultural Organisation (Rome)
- fdi — Foreign Direct Investment
- fta — Free Trade Area
- gdp — Gross Domestic Product
- hdi — Human Development Index (undp)
- hipc — Heavily Indebted Poor Countries
- hrw — Human Rights Watch
- icc — International Criminal Court
- icg — International Crisis Group
- icglr — International Conference on the Great Lakes Region
- ida — International Development Association (Washington)
- idp — Internally Displaced Person
- ifad — International Fund for Agricultural Development (Rome)
- ifc — International Finance Corporation (Washington)
- igad — Intergovernmental Authority on Development (Djibouti)
- ilo — International Labour Organisation (Geneva)
- imf — International Monetary Fund (Washington)
- ioc — Indian Ocean Commission (Ebène/Mauritius)
- iora — Indian Ocean Rim Association (Ebène/Mauritius)
- mdgs — Millennium Development Goals
- mdri — Multilateral Debt Relief Initiative
- mru — Mano River Union (Freetown)
- nepad — New Partnership for Africa’s Development
- ngo — Non-Governmental Organisation
- oau — Organization of African Unity
- oda — Official Development Assistance
- oecd — Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (Paris)
- oic — Organisation of the Islamic Conference (Jeddah)
- oif — Organisation Internationale de la Francophonie (Paris)
- opec — Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (Vienna)
- palop — Países Africanos de Lingua Oficial Portugesa
- ppp — Purchasing Power Parity
- prgf — Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility
- prsc — Poverty Reduction Support Credit
- prsp — Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper
- sacu — Southern African Customs Union (Pretoria)
- sadc — Southern African Development Community (Gaborone)
- saf — Structural Adjustment Facility (imf)
- sdr — Special Drawing Right (imf)
- ssa — Sub-Saharan Africa
- ti — Transparency International
- uae — United Arab Emirates
- uemoa — Union Économique et Monétaire Ouest-Africaine (Ouagadougou)
- uma — Union du Maghreb Arabe
- un — United Nations (New York)
- unctad — United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (Geneva)
- undp — United Nations Development Programme (New York)
- unep — United Nations Environment Programme (Nairobi)
- uneca — United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (Addis Ababa)
- unesco — United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (Paris)
- unhcr — United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (Geneva)
- unicef — United Nations Children’s Fund (New York)
- unsc — United Nations Security Council
- usaid — United States Agency for International Development (Washington)
- wfp — World Food Programme (Rome)
- who — World Health Organisation (Geneva)
- wto — World Trade Organisation (Geneva)