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Abbreviations and Acronyms
EU
European Union
G8
Group of Eight
GAAP generally accepted accounting principles
GDP
gross domestic product
GPRA Government Performance and Results Act of 1993
(United States)
HIPC Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (Initiative)
HIV
human immunodeficiency virus
IBEX Integrated Budget and Expenditure (system)
ICT
information and communication technology
IFAC International Federation of Accountants
IFM
institutional fund mechanism
IFMIS integrated financial management information system
IMF
International Monetary Fund
INTOSAI International Organization of Supreme Audit Institutions
IP-ERS Investment Programme for the Economic Recovery
Strategy for Wealth and Employment Creation (Kenya)
IT
information technology
JAM
joint assessment mission
KISS
Keep it simple, sir.
LAN
local area network
M&E monitoring and evaluation
MBO management by objectives
MBS
Modified Budgeting System
MDTF multidonor trust fund
MEWG Macroeconomic Working Group (Kenya)
MIP
Management Improvement Program (Chile)
MPER ministerial public expenditure review
MSP
more strategic practices
MTBPS Medium-Term Budget Policy Statement
MTEC medium-term expenditure committee
MTEF medium-term expenditure framework
NES
National Expenditure Survey (South Africa)
NGO nongovernmental organization
NPM new public management
NRA
National Road Authority (Malawi)
O&M operations and maintenance
OECD Organisation for Economic Co-operation
and Development
OED
Operations Evaluation Department