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A C R O N Y M S General cafta Central America Free Trade Agreement cedaw United Nations Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women cescr United Nations Committee on Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights iadb Inter-American Development Bank ifis international financial institutions imf International Monetary Fund isi import substitution industrialization nafta North American Free Trade Agreement ngos nongovernmental organizations saps structural adjustment programs soes state-owned enterprises usaid United States Agency for International Development El Salvador aes AES Corporation, a U.S. multinational energy firm which controls 85 percent of electricity distribution in El Salvador anda The National Aqueducts and Sewers Administration anep National Association of Private Business (Asociación Nacional de la Empresa Privada) arena National Republican Alliance (Alianza Republicana Nacionalista) caess Electrical Lighting Company of San Salvador (Compañı́a de Alumbrado Eléctrico de San Salvador) cdc Center for Consumer Defense (Centro para la Defensa del Consumidor) cel The Lempa River Executive Hydroelectric Commission (La Comisión Ejecutiva Hidroeléctrica del Rı́o Lempa) xviii ACRONYMS fisdl Salvadoran Social Investment Fund for Local Development (Fondo de Inversión Social para el Desarrollo Local) fmln Farabundo Marti National Liberation Front (Frente Farabundo Martı́ para la Liberación Nacional) funde National Development Foundation (Fundación Nacional para el Desarrollo) fusades Salvadoran Foundation for Economic and Social Development (Fundación Salvadoreña para el Desarrollo Económico y Social) pddh Human Rights Defense Attorney (Procuradurı́a para la Defensa de los Derechos Humanos) siget General Electricity and Telecommunications Superintendent (Superintendencia General de Electricidad y Telecomunicaciones) Costa Rica anep National Association of Public and Private Employees (Asociación Nacional de Empleados Públicos y Privados) aresep Public Services Regulatory Authority (Autoridad Reguladora de los Servicios Públicos) aya Costa Rican Institute of Aqueducts and Sewage Systems (Instituto Costarricense de Acueductos y Alcantarillados) ice Costa Rican Electricity and Telecommunications Institute (Instituto Costarricense de Electricidad y Telecomunicaciones) pac Citizen Action Party (Partido Acción Ciudadana) pln National Liberation Party (Partido Liberación Nacional) pusc Social Christian Unity Party (Partido Unidad Social Cristiana) sne National Electricity Service (Servicio Nacional de Electricidad) ...

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