KINGDOM OF TONGA - SPREP

Strategic Development Plan 8 2006/07-2008/09
Abbreviations
ADB – Asian Development Bank
ASD – Alternative Services Delivery
AusAID – Australian Agency for International Development
CEDAW – Convention on Elimination of Discrimination Against
Women
CIE – Cambridge International Examination
CPD – Central Planning Department
CRC – Convention on the Rights of the Child
CT – Consumption Tax
DOE – Department of Environment
EEZ – Exclusive Economic Zone
EIA – Environmental Impact Assessment
EPSRP – Economic and Public Sector Reform Programme
FADs – Fish Aggregating Devices
FEMP – Financial and Economic Management Programme
FIAS – Foreign Investment Advisory Service
FY – Fiscal Year Ending 30 June
GAD – Gender and Development
GDP – Gross Domestic Product
HDI – Human Development Index
HIES – Household Income and Expenditure Survey
HODs – Heads of Department
HPI – Human Poverty Index
ICT – Information and Communications Technology
IDA – International Development Association
IDIA – Industrial Development Incentives Act
IMF – International Monetary Fund
ISP – Internet Service Provider
MAFFF – Ministry of Agriculture and Food, Forests and Fisheries
MDGs – Millennium Development Goals
MEWAC – Ministry of Education, Women’s Affairs and Culture
MFP – Ministry of Finance and Planning
MLCI – Ministry of Labour, Commerce and Industries
MOH – Ministry of Health
MOU – Memorandum of Understanding
NCDs – Non-Communicable Diseases
NER – Net Enrolment Ratio
NGOs – Non-Government Organisations
NRBT – National Reserve Bank of Tonga
NZAID – New Zealand Agency for International Development
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