AAGC Asia–Africa Growth Corridor
ACET African Centre for Economic Transformation [Ghana]
AF Amity Foundation [China]
AgriTT Agriculture Technology Transfer
AHP Analytic Hierarchy Process
AIIB Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank [China]
ASEAN Association of South East Asian Nations [Indonesia]
ATDC Agricultural Technology Demonstration Centre
BENEFIT Bilateral Ethio-Netherlands Effort for Food, Income and Trade [Ethiopia]
BMGF Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation [USA]
BMZ Bundesministerium für wirtschaftliche Zusammenarbeit und Entwicklung [Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development] [Germany]
BOT Build-Operate-Transfer
BRF Belt and Road Forum
BRI Belt and Road Initiative
BRICS Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa
CANGO China Association for NGO Cooperation
CAU China Agricultural University
CBDIRF China Birth Defect Intervention and Relief Foundation
CCF China Confucius Foundation
CCP Chinese Communist Party
CCTF China Children and Teenagers’ Fund
CDB China Development Bank
CDRF China Development Research Foundation
CEPF China Environmental Protection Foundation
CFC China Foundation Center
CFCAC China Foundation of Culture and Art for Children
CFCHC China Foundation for Cultural Heritage Conservation
CFFPD China Friendship Foundation for Peace and Development
CFHRD China Foundation for Human Rights Development
CFPA China Foundation for Poverty Alleviation
CFPD China Foundation for Peace and Development
CFYEE China Foundation for Youth Entrepreneurship and Employment
CGCF China Green Carbon Foundation
CGD Center for Global Development
CGIAR formerly Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research [France]
CIC capacity for international cooperation
CIC China Investment Corporation
CICETE China International Center for Economic and Technical Exchanges
CIDCA China International Development Cooperation Agency
CIDGA College of International Development and Global Agriculture (China Agricultural University)
CIDRN China International Development Research Network
CIMF China International Medical Foundation
CINF-BNU Center for International NGOs and Foundations/Beijing Normal University
CLAC China-LAC Cooperation Fund
CLAI China-LAC Industrial Cooperation Investment Fund
CLEF Chinese Language and Culture Education Foundation of China
CNIE China NGO Network for International Exchanges
CNTAC China National Textile and Apparel Council
CPC Communist Party of China
CRCF Chinese Red Cross Foundation
CSAF China Social Assistance Foundation
CSCF COSCO Shipping Charity Foundation
CSD Center for Sustainable Development [China]
CSDF China Symphony Development Foundation
CSO civil society organisation
CSR corporate social responsibility
CTF China Organ Transplantation Development Foundation
CVSF China Volunteer Service Foundation
CWDF China Women’s Development Foundation
CYDF China Youth Development Foundation
DAC Development Assistance Committee
DEval German Institute for Development Evaluation
DFI development financing institution
DFID Department for International Development [UK]
DIE Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik [Germany]
DSSI Debt Service Suspension Initiative
ECOSOC United Nations Economic and Social Council [USA]
EIAR Ethiopian Institute of Agricultural Research
ESG environmental, social, and governance
ETIDI Ethiopian Textile Industry Development Institute
FAC Future Agricultures Consortium [UK]
FAO Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations [Italy]
FCDO Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office [UK]
FOCAC Forum on China–Africa Cooperation [China]
GDP gross domestic product
GEI Global Environment Institute [USA]
GHF China Guang Hua Science and Technology Foundation
GIZ Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit [German Corporation for International Cooperation GmbH]
GmbH Gesellschaft mit Beschränkter Haftung [limited liability company]
GNI gross national income
GONGO government-organised non-governmental organisation
GPI Global Partnership Initiative on Effective Triangular Cooperation [France]
GTP Growth and Transformation Plan [Ethiopia]
IDRC International Development Research Centre [Canada]
IFAD International Fund for Agricultural Development [Italy]
IIAM Instituto de Investigação Agrária de Moçambique [Institute of Agricultural Research Mozambique]
ILO International Labour Organization [Switzerland]
IMF International Monetary Fund [USA]
IMLNF Inner Mongolia Lao Niu Foundation
INGO international non-governmental organisation
IPRCC International Poverty Reduction Center in China
ISEFC International Scientific Exchange Foundation of China
JICA Japan International Cooperation Agency
LDC least developed country
LGFV local government financing vehicle
LSCF Lingshan Charitable Foundation [China]
MCA Ministry of Civil Affairs [China]
MDB multilateral development bank
MDG Millennium Development Goal
MFA Ministry of Foreign Affairs [China]
MoA Ministry of Agriculture [Ethiopia]
MOA Ministry of Agriculture [China]
MOE Ministry of Education [China]
MOF Ministry of Finance [China]
MOFCOM Ministry of Commerce of the People’s Republic of China
MOST Ministry of Science and Technology [China]
MoU memorandum of understanding
MST Ministry of Science and Technology [Mozambique]
NDB New Development Bank [China]
NDRC National Development and Reform Commission [China]
NeST Network of Southern Think Tanks [India]
NGO non-governmental organisation
NHFPC National Health and Family Planning Commission [China]
NSC North–South cooperation
NSE New Structural Economics
OCA organisational capacity assessment
OCCFC Overseas Chinese Charity Foundation of China
ODA official development assistance
OECD Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development [France]
OECD-DAC Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development-Development Assistance Committee [France]
OPHI Oxford Poverty & Human Development Initiative [UK]
PDIA Problem-Driven Iterative Adaptation
PEDSA Plano Estratégico para o Desenvolvimento do Sector Agrário [Strategic Plan for Agricultural Development] [Mozambique]
PNISA Plano de Investimento no Sector Agrário [National Investment Plan for the Agricultural Sector] [Mozambique]
PPP public–private partnership
PPP purchasing power parity
SCIO State Council Information Office [China]
SDG Sustainable Development Goal
SEZ Special Economic Zone
SHACF Shanghai Adream Charitable Foundation [China]
SMEs small and medium-sized enterprises
SMU Singapore Management University
SOCF Shanghai Overseas Chinese Foundation [China]
SOE state-owned enterprise
SOP standard operating procedure
SSC South–South cooperation
SSCAF South–South Cooperation Assistance Fund
SZOFCF Shenzhen One Foundation Charity Fund [China]
TOSSD Total Official Support for Sustainable Development
TVET technical vocational education and training
TXZEF Tao Xingzhi Education Foundation [China]
UN United Nations
UNCTAD United Nations Conference on Trade and Development [Switzerland]
UNDESA United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs [USA]
UNDP United Nations Development Programme [USA]
UNDS UN Development System
UNEP United Nations Environment Programme [Kenya]
UNIDO United Nations Industrial Development Organization [USA]
WB World Bank [USA]
WIFA Wu Zuoren International Foundation of Fine Arts [China]
YCCSEF You Change China Social Entrepreneur Foundation
YPLCF Yu Panglin Charity Foundation [China]
ZTEF ZTE Foundation [China]
ZUEF Zhejiang University Education Foundation [China]