R E G I O N A L I N D I C A T I V E S T R A T E G I C D E V E L O P M E N T IFPRI International Food Policy Research Institute IMF International Monetary Fund IMR Infant Mortality Rate IOC Indian Ocean Council IPAs Investment Promotion Agencies IPOs Initial Public Offering IR & D Industrial Research and Development IS Infrastructure and Services IT Info-communication Technology LDCs Least Developed Countries MBI Management By-In MBO Management By-Out M&E Monitoring and Evaluation MERCOSUR Southern Cone Common Market MMA Multilateral Monetary Area MMTZ Malawi, Mozambique, Tanzania and Zambia MOU Memorandum of Understanding MVA Manufacturing Value Added NAFTA North American Free Trade Area NARS National Agricultural Research Systems NCPs National Contact Points NEPAD New Partnership for Africa's Development NGOs Non-governmental Organisations NPV Net Present Value NSOs National Statistical Offices NTBs Non-Tariff Barriers OAU Organisation of African Unity ODA Official Development Assistance OECD Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development POPs Persistent Organic Polluntants PPP Purchasing Parity Power PPPs Public-Private Sector Partnerships PSC Project Steering Committee PRSP Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper PTA Preferential Trade Area RBO River Basin Management Organisations R&D Research and Developmen RECs Regional Economic Communities RERA Regional Regulatory Association RETOSA Regional Tourism Organisation of Southern Africa RIFF Regional Integration Facilitation Forum RISDP Regional Indicative Strategic Development Plan RPA Regional Programme of Action RSA Republic of South Africa RSAP Regional Strategic Action Plan for Integrated Water Resources Management and Development in the SADC Region P L A N