Glossary
AAA | Accra Agenda for Action | CEMAC | Central African Economic and Monetary Community |
ACBF | African Capacity Building Foundation | CGP | Country Governance Profile |
ACFA | Accelerated Cofinancing Facility | CHRM | Human Resources Management Department |
ADB | African Development Bank | COBS | Strategy and Budget Department |
ADF | African Development Fund | CODE | Committee on Operations and Development Effectiveness |
ADF-X | Tenth General Replenishment of the African | COMESA | Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa |
ADF-XI | Eleventh General Replenishment of the African | COMPAS | Common Performance Assessment Framework |
ADFIs | Arab Development Financial Institutions | COO | Chief Operating Officer |
ADI | African Development Institute | COP | Conference of Parties |
ADOA | Ex-ante Additionality and Development Outcome | CoW | Committee of the Whole |
ADR | African Development Report | CPAR | Country Procurement Assessment Report |
AEC | African Economic Conference | CPR | Country Portfolio Review |
AEO | African Economic Outlook | CRM | Climate Risk Management |
AERC | African Economic Research Consortium | CSP | Country Strategy Paper |
AFCR | Africa Food Crisis Response | CSVP | Corporate Services Complex |
AFD | Agence Française de Développement | DBSA | Development Bank of South Africa |
AfDB | African Development Bank Group | DEG | Deutsche Investitions- und Entwicklungsgesellschaft |
AFESD | Arab Fund for Economic and Social Development | DFI | Development Finance Institution |
AFP | African Financing Partnership | DFID | Department for International Development |
AFFM | African Fertilizer Financing Mechanism | DP | Data Platform |
AFRITAC | African Regional Technical Assistance Center | DRC | Democratic Republic of Congo |
AIC | African Infrastructure Consortium | DSA | Debt Sustainability Analysis |
AICD | Africa Infrastructure Country Diagnostic | DSF | Debt Sustainability Framework |
ALM | Asset-Liability Management | EAC | East African Community |
ALSF | African Legal Support Facility | EBRD | European Bank for Reconstruction and Development |
AMBD | Committee on Administrative Matters Affecting | EC | European Commission |
APPR | African Portfolio Performance Review | ECA | Economic Commission for Africa |
APR | Action Plan on Results | ECBD | Ethics Committee of the Boards of Directors |
APRM | African Peer Review Mechanism | ECCAS | Economic Community of Central African States |
AsDB | Asian Development Bank | ECON | Chief Economist Complex |
AU | African Union | ECOWAS | Economic Community of West African States |
AUFI | Audit and Finance Committee | EIB | European Investment Bank |
AWF | African Water Facility | EITI | Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative |
BOAD | Banque Ouest Africaine de Développement | EL | Executive Level |
CAADP | Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development | ELF | Emergency Liquidity Facility |
CAHR | Committee on Administrative Affairs and Human | EPSA | Enhanced Private Sector Assistance for Africa |
CBFF | Congo Basin Forest Fund | ERSP | Economic Reforms Support Program |
CEIF | Clean Energy Investment Framework | ESIA | Environmental and Social Impact Assessment |
CEISP | Community Empowerment and Institutional | ESW | Economic and Sector Work |
FDI | Foreign Direct Investment | EU | European Union |
FINESSE | Financing Energy Services for Small-Scale End | FAO | Food and Agriculture Organization |
FMO | The Netherlands Development Finance | FAPA | Fund for African Private Sector Assistance |
FNVP | Finance Complex | MFW4A | Making Finance Work for Africa |
FO | Field Office | MIC | Middle-Income Country |
FSF | Fragile States Facility | MTS | Medium-Term Strategy |
FSU | Fragile States Unit | N.A. | Not Applicable |
GAP | Strategic Directions and Action Plan for | NEPAD | New Partnership for Africa’s Development |
GCC | Governors’ Consultative Committee | NEPAD-IPPF | NEPAD Infrastructure Project Preparation Facility |
GDP | Gross Domestic Product | NGO | Non-governmental Organization |
GEF | Global Environment Facility | NPV | Net Present Value |
GNI | Gross National Income | NSDS | National Strategies for the Development of Statistics |
GS | General Services Staff | NTF | Nigeria Trust Fund |
HA & MfDR | Harmonization, Alignment and Managing for | ODA | Official Development Assistance |
HIPC | Heavily Indebted Poor Countries Initiative | OECD | Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development |
HQ | Headquarters | OIVP | Infrastructure, Private Sector and Regional Integration Complex |
ICF | Investment Climate Facility for Africa | OPEC | Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries |
IDA | International Development Association | OPEV | Operations Evaluation Department |
IDB | Inter-American Development Bank | OPIC | Overseas Private Investment Corporation |
IDC | Industrial Development Corporation of South | ORQR | Quality Assurance and Results Department |
IFAD | International Fund for Agricultural Development | ORRU | Partnerships and Cooperation Unit |
IFC | International Finance Corporation | ORVP | Country & Regional Programs & Policy Complex |
ILO | International Labor Organization | OSUS | Gender, Climate Change and Sustainable Development Unit |
IMF | International Monetary Fund | OSVP | Sector Operations Complex |
IPPF | Infrastructure Project Preparation Facility | PBA | Performance-Based Allocation |
IRM | Independent Review Mechanism | PCCF | Post-Conflict Countries Facility |
IsDB | Islamic Development Bank | PCGF | Partial Credit Guarantee Facility |
IWRM | Integrated Water Resources Management | PCR | Project Completion Report |
JAI | Joint Africa Institute | PFM | Procurement and Financial Management |
JBIC | Japan Bank for International Cooperation | PHRDG | Policy and Human Resources Development Grant |
JICA | Japan International Cooperation Agency | PL | Professional Level |
KFAED | Kuwait Fund for Arab and Economic | PMG | Performance Monitoring Group |
KMDS | Knowledge Management and Development | PPP | Public-Private Partnership |
KOAFEC | Korea–Africa Economic Cooperation | Proparco | French Private Sector Development Bank |
KPIs | Key Performance Indicators | PRSP | Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper |
LOC | Line of Credit | PRST | President Unit within ADB |
MDB | Multilateral Development Bank | RAS | Regional Assistance Strategy |
MDG | Millennium Development Goal | RASP | Regional Assistance Strategy Paper |
MDI | Multilateral Development Institution | RBM | Results-Based Management |
MDRI | Multilateral Debt Relief Initiative | RB-PRSP | Results-Based Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper |
MDWPP | Multi-Donor Water Partnership Program | REC | Regional Economic Community |
MfDR | Managing for Development Results | RMC | Regional Member Country |
SADC | Southern Africa Development Community | RMF | Results Measurement Framework |
SCO | Staff Council | RRSF | Reference Regional Strategic Framework for |
SDR | Standard Drawing Right | RWSSI | Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Initiative |
SFRD | Special Fund for Reconstruction and | UEMOA | West African Economic and Monetary Union (also WAEMU) |
SMEs | Small and Medium-Size Enterprises | UN | United Nations |
SRF | Special Relief Fund | UNDP | United Nations Development Program |
SRFIC | Strategic Resource Framework for Institutional | UNECA | United Nations Economic Commission for Africa |
SWAps | Sector-Wide Approaches | UNESCO | United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization |
TCF | Technical Cooperation Fund | UNFCCC | United National Framework Convention on Climate Change |
TCFRP | Technical Cooperation Fund Reform Policy | URBD | Units Reporting to the Board of Directors |
TRA | Temporary Relocation Agency | VP/COO | Vice President/Chief Operating Officer Unit |
UA | Unit of Account | WB | World Bank |
