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Abbreviations
AAIF
AIG Africa Infrastructure Fund
ACP
African, Caribbean and Pacific
AFDB
African Development Bank
AGOA
Africa Growth Opportunity Act
ALCOM
Aquaculture for Local Community Programme
ASCAS
Accumulating Savings and Credit Associations
ASCCI
Association of SADC Chambers of Commerce and Industry
ASEAN
Association of South East Asian Nations
AU
African Union
BENEFIT
Benguela Environmental and Fisheries Interaction and Training Programme
BIS
Bank for International Settlements
BLNS
Botswana, Lesotho, Namibia and Swaziland
BOD
Biochemical Oxygen Demand
BOT
Build-Operate-Transfer or Build-Own-Transfer
CARICOM
Caribbean Common Market
CBD
Convention on Biological Diversity
CBI
Cross Border Initiative
CCBG
Committee of Central Bank Governors
CEPGL
Economic Community of the Great Lakes Countries
CIS
Culture, Information and Sport
CISNA
Committee on Insurance, Securities and Non-banking Financial Authorities
CITES
International Convention on Trade in Endangered Species
CMT
Committee of Ministers of Trade
COMESA
Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa
CPPPs
Community-Public-Private Partnerships
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