Development and Globalization: - Unctad
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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