Regional Trade Integration, Economic Growth and Poverty Reduction in Southern Africa

Abbreviations and Acronyms

AbbreviationsandAcronyms ACP African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States ADMARC Agricultural Development and Marketing Corporation AERC African Economic Research Consortium AfDB African Development Bank AGOA African Growth and Opportunity Act APIP Agricultural Productivity and Investment Programme ART Anti-retroviral AU African Union AUC African Union Commission BACOSSI Basic Commodities Supply Side Intervention BLNS Botswana, Lesotho, Namibia and Swaziland CAADP Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme CAP Common Agricultural Policy CDF Comprehensive Development Framework CESPAM Centres of Specialisation for Public Sector Administration and Management CET Common external tariff CIGI Centre for International Governance Innovation CIM Companhia Industrial da Matola CGD Center for Global Development CMA Common Monetary Area COMESA Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa CPA Cotonou Partnership Agreement CSO Civil society organisation CTN Common Tariff Nomenclature DANIDA Danish International Development Agency DDA Doha Development Agency DIS Directorate of Infrastructure and Services DFTPS Duty Free Tariff Preference Scheme DRC Democratic Republic of the Congo xx REGIONAL TRADE INTEGRATION, ECONOMIC GROWTH AND POVERTY REDUCTION IN SOUTHERN AFRICA EAC East African Community EBA Everything But Arms EFTA European Free Trade Association EMIS Education Management Information Systems EPA Economic partnership agreement EPAR Emergency Plan for HIV/AIDS Relief EPZ Export processing zones ESA East and Southern Africa ESAF Enhanced Structural Adjustment Facilities ESAP Economic Structural Adjustment Programme ETIP Extended Target Input Programme EU European Union FAO Food and Agriculture Organization FBE Free basic electricity FDI Foreign direct investment FRA Food Reserve Agency FSP Food Security Pack FTA Free trade agreements GDP Gross domestic product GEM Gender empowerment measure GHGs Greenhouse gases GMB Grain Marketing Board GMO Genetically modified GNI Gross national income GPA Global Political Agreement GSP Generalised System of Preferences GTAP Global Trade Analysis Project HBC Home-based care HDI Human Development Index HHD High Human Development HIPC Heavily indebted poor countries HIS Integrated Household Survey HIV/AIDS Human immunodeficiency virus /Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome HPI Human Poverty Index ABBREVIATIONS AND ACRONYMS xxi HRD Human resources development HS Harmonised System ICP International Cooperating Partners ICT Information and communication technology IDB Integrated Data Base IEA International Energy Agency IES Income and Expenditure Surveys IFS International Financial Statistics IMF International Monetary Fund ISIC International Standard Industrial Codes LAFTA Latin American Free Trade Association LDCs Least developed countries LHD Low human development LHWP Lesotho Highlands Water Project MCA Millennium Challenge Account MCIS Multiple Cluster Indicator Survey MDC Maputo Development Corridor MDGs Millennium Development Goals MERCOSUR Common Markets of the South MFA Multi-Fibre Agreement MFN Most Favoured Nation MGDS Malawi Growth and Development Strategy MHD Medium human development MRFC Malawi Rural Finance Company MSME Micro, small and medium scale enterprises NAFTA North American Free Trade Area NEPAD New Partnership for African Development NIC Newly industrialised countries NPRAP National Poverty Reduction Action Plan NPRS National Poverty Reduction Strategies NTB Non-tariff barriers ODA Official development assistance OECD Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development xxii REGIONAL TRADE INTEGRATION, ECONOMIC GROWTH AND POVERTY REDUCTION IN SOUTHERN AFRICA OVC Orphans and vulnerable children PAP Poverty alleviation programme PARPA I First Poverty Reduction Strategy PARPA II Second Poverty Reduction Strategy PASS I Poverty Assessment Study Survey I PASS II Poverty Assessment Study Survey II PLWHA People living with HIV/AIDS PMTCT Prevention of mother to child transmission PPAs Participatory poverty assessments PPP Purchasing power parity PRGF Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility ProBec Programme for Biomass Energy Conservation PRPs Poverty reduction programmes PRRO Protracted Relief and Recovery Programme PRS Poverty Reduction Strategy PRSPs Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers PTA Preferential Trade Area PWR Participatory Wealth Ranking R&D Research and development RCA Revealed comparative advantage RDF Regional Development Fund REPGA Regional Petroleum and Gas Association REPN Regional Energy Planning Network RERA Regional Electricity Regulatory Association RISDP Regional Indicative Strategic Development Plan RMA Rand Monetary Area RO Regional orientation RoSADC Rest of SADC RoW Rest of the world RSA Republic of South Africa SACCO Savings and credit cooperatives SACU Southern African Customs Union SADC Southern African Development Community SADCC Southern African Development Coordination Conference SAP Structural adjustment programme ABBREVIATIONS AND ACRONYMS xxiii SAPP Southern African Power Pool SATH Southern Africa Trade Hub SFFRFM Smallholder Farmer Fertiliser Revolving Fund of Malawi SHD SP Social and Human Development and Special Programmes Sida Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency SITC Standard International Trade Classification SME Small and medium enterprises SPS Sanitary and phytosanitary SSA Sub-Saharan Africa STP SADC Trade Protocol TB Tuberculosis TDCA Trade, Development...