| ACCSF | Asian Currency Crisis Support Facility |
| ADB | Asian Development Bank |
| ADF | Asian Development Fund |
| ASA | Association for Social Advancement |
| ASEAN | Association of Southeast Asian Nations |
| ATM | automatic teller machine |
| BCM | Business Continuity Management |
| BCRC | Board Compliance Review Committee |
| CAI | Clean Air Initiative |
| CAP | country assistance plan |
| CAPE | country assistance program evaluation |
| CAREC | Central Asia Regional Economic Cooperation |
| CD | capacity development |
| CEA | country environment analysis |
| CFA | channel financing arrangement |
| CGA | country governance assessment |
| CGAP | Consultative Group to Assist the Poor |
| CRP | Compliance Review Panel |
| CSP | country strategy and program |
| CSPU | country strategy and program update |
| DEC | Development Effectiveness Committee |
| DMC | developing member country |
| ECG | Evaluation Cooperation Group |
| FAS | Financial Accounting Standards |
| GAD | gender and development |
| GAP | gender action program |
| GEF | Global Environment Facility |
| GHG | greenhouse gas |
| GMS | Greater Mekong Subregion |
| GDP | gross domestic product |
| HR | human resource |
| IAE | internal administrative expense |
| ICT | information and communication technology |
| ISTS II | Toward E-Development in Asia and the Pacific: A Strategic Approach for Information and Communication Technology |
| IT | information technology |
| JFICT | Japan Fund for Information and Communication Technology |
| JFPPT | Japan Fund for Public Policy Training |
| JFPR | Japan Fund for Poverty Reduction |
| JSF | Japan Special Fund |
| JSP | Japan Scholarship Program |
| Lao | PDR Lao People's Democratic Republic |
| LIBOR | London interbank offered rate |
| LTSF | Long-Term Strategic Framework |
| MBL | market-based loan |
| MDB | multilateral development bank |
| MDG | Millennium Development Goal |
| MfDR | managing for development results |
| NGO | nongovernment organization |
| NPRS | national poverty reduction strategy |
| OAG | Office of the Auditor General |
| OAS | Office of Administrative Services |
| OCR | ordinary capital resources |
| OCRP | Office of the Compliance Review Panel |
| OECD-DAC | Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development's Development Assistance Committee |
| OED | Operations Evaluation Department |
| OSPF | Office of the Special Project Facilitator |
| PMCL | pool-based multicurrency loan |
| PPR | project performance report |
| PRC | People's Republic of China |
| PRG | political risk guarantee |
| PRS | poverty reduction strategy |
| RCSP | regional cooperation strategy and program |
| REMU | Regional Economic Monitoring Unit |
| RM | resident mission |
| RSDD | Regional and Sustainable Development Department |
| SAARC | South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation |
| SES | special evaluation study |
| SME | small and medium-sized enterprise |
| SPF | Special Project Facilitator |
| SPRU | Results Management Unit within the Strategy and Policy Department |
| TASF | Technical Assistance Special Fund |
| TPR | technical assistance performance report |
| UN | United Nations |
| UNDP | United Nations Development Programme |
| UNEP | United Nations Environment Programme |
| UNESCAP | United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific |
| UNESCO | United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization |
| UNICEF | United Nations Children's Fund |
| UNIFEM | United Nations Development Fund for Women |
| US | United States |
| WHO | World Health Organization |
| WTO | World Trade Organization |
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