Acronyms and Abbreviations

CARICOM:  Caribbean community.

CDERA:  Caribbean disaster and Emergency Response Agency.

CSME:  Caribbean single Market and Economy.

ECLAC:   Economic commission for Latin America and the Caribbean.

GEF:   Global environment facility.

GFATM:   Global Fund for AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria.

ICT:    Information and communications technology.

IDB:    Inter-American Development Bank.

IMF:        International Monetary Fund.

LAC:  Latin America and the Caribbean.

MDG:  Millennium Development Goals.

NGO:   Non-governmental organization.

OECS:    Organization of Eastern Caribbean States.

PAPEP:  Project for political analysis and Prospective Scenarios.

PANCAP:  Pan Caribbean partnership on HIV/AIDS.

PLWHA:  People living with HIV/AIDS.

PRODDAL:   Project on Development of Democracy in Latin America.

RBLAC:   Regional Bureau for Latin America and the Caribbean (UNDP).

RCF:  Regional cooperation framework.

SIGOB:  Project for Governance systems.

SURF:  Subregional resource facility.

TRIPS:  Trade-related aspects of intellectual property rights.

UN:   United Nations.

UNDAF:  United Nations Development Agreement Framework.

UNDP:  United Nations Development Programme.

UNFCCC:   United Nations framework Convention on Climate Change.

UNAIDS:   Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS.

UNIFEM:  United Nations Development Fund for Women.

Source: Evaluation of UNDP’s Second Regional Cooperation Framework of Latin America and the Caribbean, 2002–2006. United Nations Development Programme.