AfDB African Development Bank
ART anti-retroviral treatment
BNDES Brazilian Development Bank
BRICS Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa
CENAA centrum pre európske a severoatlantické vzt'ahy [Centre for
European and Atlantic Affairs, Bratislava]
CEPR Centre for Economic Policy Research
CIDA Canadian International Development Agency
CGIAR Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research
CSE Center for Science and Environment
CSO civil society organisation
DARPA Defence Advanced Research Projects Agency
DFID Department for International Development
DoFE Department of Foreign Employment [Nepal]
DST Desakota Study Team
ESPA Ecosystem Services for Poverty Alleviation
ESRC Economic and Social Research Council
FAO Food and Agriculture Organization
FLACSO Universidad Latinoamericana de Postgrado Líder en Ciencias
Sociales [Latin American Social Sciences Institute]
GDP gross domestic product
GHG greenhouse gas
ICIMOD International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development
ICT information and communications technology
IDES Instituto de Desarrollo Económico y Social
IFI International Financial Institution
IIASA International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis
IIED International Institute for Environment and Development
ILO International Labour Organization
ILRI International Livestock Research Institute
IMF International Monetary Fund
ISSC International Social Science Council
ITIF Information Technology and Innovation Foundation
MDG Millennium Development Goal
MENA Middle East and North Africa
MoF Ministry of Finance [Nepal]
NEA Nepal Electricity Authority
NERC Natural Environment Research Council
NIESR National Institute of Economic and Social Research
NGO non-governmental organisation
NPC National Planning Commission
NWCF Nepal Water Conservation Foundation
ODI Overseas Development Institute
OECD Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
OPHI Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative
PPP public–private partnership
PT Partido dos Trabalhadores [Workers' Party, Brazil]
PTA Parent Teacher Association
PV photovoltaic
RBF results-based finance
REDD Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation
SOAS School of Oriental and African Studies
SPARC Society for the Promotion of Area Resource Centers [Mumbai]
SPRU Science Policy Research Unit
STEPS Social, Technological and Environmental Pathways to
Sustainability
UIA Union of International Associations
UNDP United Nations Development Programme
UNECA United Nations Economic Commission for Africa
UNESCAP United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia
and the Pacific
UNESCO United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural
Organization
UNFCCC United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
UNGS Universidad Nacional de General Sarmiento [National
University of General Sarmiento]
USEF United States Educational Foundation
VPN virtual private network
WCED World Commission on Environment and Development
WTO World Trade Organization