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ANCOM Andean Community<br />

APEC Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation<br />

ASEAN Association of South-East Asian Nations<br />

BIT bilateral investment treaty<br />

BPM Balance of Payments Manual (World Bank)<br />

BSEC Black Sea Economic Cooperation<br />

CACM Central American Common Market<br />

CARICOM Caribbean Community<br />

CDIAC Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Centre<br />

CEMAC Economic <strong>and</strong> Monetary Community of Central Africa<br />

(formerly UDEAC)<br />

CEPGL Economic Community of the Great Lakes Countries<br />

c.i.f. cost, insurance <strong>and</strong> freight<br />

CIS Commonwealth of Independent States<br />

COMESA Common Market for Eastern <strong>and</strong> Southern Africa (formerly<br />

PTA)<br />

DAC <strong>Development</strong> Assistance Committee (of OECD)<br />

DRS Debtor Reporting System<br />

DTT double taxation treaty<br />

DWT deadweight tons<br />

ECCAS Economic Community of Central African States<br />

ECO Economic Cooperation Organization<br />

ECOWAS Economic Community of West African States<br />

EFTA European Free Trade Association<br />

EU European Union<br />

EU 25 European Union <strong>and</strong> countries acceding in 2004<br />

FDI foreign direct investment<br />

f.o.b. free on board<br />

FTAA Free Trade Area of the Americas<br />

GATS General Agreement on Trade in Services<br />

GATT General Agreement on Tariffs <strong>and</strong> Trade<br />

GCC Gulf Cooperation Council<br />

GDP gross domestic product<br />

GFCF gross fixed capital formation<br />

GNI gross national income<br />

GNP gross national product<br />

HIPCs heavily indebted poor countries<br />

HS Harmonized Commodity Description <strong>and</strong> Coding System<br />

ICT Information <strong>and</strong> communication technology<br />

ILO International Labour Organization<br />

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Abbreviations<br />

IMF International Monetary Fund<br />

ISIC International St<strong>and</strong>ard Industrial Classification<br />

LAIA Latin American Integration Association<br />

LDCs least developed countries<br />

LLDCs l<strong>and</strong>locked developing countries<br />

M&A mergers <strong>and</strong> acquisitions<br />

MERCOSUR Southern Common Market<br />

MFN most favoured nation<br />

MRU Mano River Union<br />

MSG Melanesia Spearhead Group<br />

NAFTA North American Free Trade Agreement<br />

n.e.s. not elsewhere specified<br />

NIE newly industrialized economies<br />

n.i.e. not included elsewhere<br />

ODA official development assistance<br />

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

OECS Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States<br />

RTA regional trade agreement<br />

SAARC South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation<br />

SADC Southern African <strong>Development</strong> Community<br />

SAR Special Administrative Region<br />

SDRs special drawing rights<br />

SIDS Small Isl<strong>and</strong> Developing States<br />

SITC St<strong>and</strong>ard International Trade Classification<br />

TFYR The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia<br />

TNC transnational corporation<br />

UEMOA West African Economic <strong>and</strong> Monetary Union<br />

UMA Arab Maghreb Union<br />

UNAIDS Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS<br />

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

UN/DESA/SD United Nations Department of Economic <strong>and</strong> Social Affairs,<br />

Statistics Division<br />

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

Organization<br />

UNRISD United Nations Research Institute for Social <strong>Development</strong><br />

WHO World Health Organization<br />

WTO World Trade Organization<br />

WTO World Tourism Organization

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