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Abbreviations<br />

EFA Education for All<br />

ERT European Round Table of Industrialists<br />

ICT Information <strong>and</strong> Communication Technologies<br />

IEA International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement<br />

InfoDev Information for Development Programme (World Bank)<br />

ISCED International St<strong>and</strong>ard Classification of Education<br />

ITU International Telecommunication Union<br />

MDG Millennium Development Goals<br />

NRC National Research Coordina<strong>to</strong>r<br />

OECD Organisation for Economic Co-operation <strong>and</strong> Development<br />

OSILAC Observa<strong>to</strong>ry for the Information Society in Latin America <strong>and</strong> the Caribbean<br />

PDA Personal digital assistant<br />

PIRLS Progress in International Reading Literacy Study<br />

PISA Programme for International Student Assessment<br />

SACMEQ Southern <strong>and</strong> East Africa Consortium for Moni<strong>to</strong>ring Educational Quality<br />

SITES Second Information Technology in Education Study<br />

TIMSS Trends in International Mathematics <strong>and</strong> Science Study<br />

UIS UNESCO Institute for Statistics<br />

UN United Nations<br />

UNCTAD United Nations Conference on Trade <strong>and</strong> Development<br />

UNDESA United Nations Department of Economic <strong>and</strong> Social Affairs<br />

UNECA United Nations Economic Commission for Africa<br />

UNECLAC United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America <strong>and</strong> the Caribbean<br />

UNESCWA United Nations Economic <strong>and</strong> Social Commission for Western Asia<br />

UNESCO United Nations Educational, Scientific <strong>and</strong> Cultural Organization<br />

UNICEF United Nations Children's Fund<br />

WSIS World Summit on the Information Society<br />

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