AKRSP |
Aga Khan Rural Support Project |
ANGOC |
Asian NGO Coalition for Agrarian Reform and Rural
Development |
APCs |
Agricultural Productivity Committees |
BAAC |
Bank for Agriculture and Agricultural Cooperatives |
BRAC |
Bangladesh Rural Advancement Committee |
CABPAD |
Committee of Agents and Beneficiaries of Poverty Alleviation
Programme |
CAD |
Cooperative Auditing Department |
CAPART |
Council for Advancement of People's Action and Rural
Technology |
CBIRD |
Community-based Integrated Rural Development Centres |
CBOs |
Community-based Organizations |
CCC |
Country Coordinating Committee |
CDF |
Cooperative Development Foundation |
CIRDAP |
Centre on Integrated Rural Development for Asia and the
Pacific |
CLT |
Cooperative League of Thailand |
CPD |
Cooperative Promotion Department |
CPO |
Cooperative Promotion Department |
CSOs |
Civil Society Organizations |
DCD |
Department of Community Development |
DDCs |
District Development Councils |
DOAE |
Department of Agriculture Extension |
DRDA |
District Rural Development Agency |
DWCRA |
Development of Women and Children in Rural Areas |
ESCAP |
Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the
Pacific |
FAO |
Food and Agriculture Organization |
FAO-RAP |
FAO Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific |
FARM |
Farmer-centred Agricultural Resource Management |
FWG |
Farmers Working Group |
GOL |
Government of Lao PDR |
GTZ |
German Technical Cooperation/German Development
Cooperation |
HDC |
Human Development Centre |
HDI |
Human Development Index/Human Development
Initiatives |
IIRR |
International Institute of Rural Reconstruction |
ILO |
International Labour Organization |
IRDP |
Integrated Rural Development Programme |
ITK |
Indigenous Technology and Knowledge |
JRY |
Jawahar Rozgar Yojana |
LAD |
Local Administration Department |
LGC |
Local Government Code |
LGUs |
Local Government Units |
MAF |
Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry |
MINSOC |
Management Institute for Social Change |
MOAC |
Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives |
MOI |
Ministry of Interior |
MPTF |
Municipal Planning Task Force |
MYRADA |
Mysore Resettlement and Development Agency |
NABARD |
National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development |
NABPAD |
Network of Agents and Beneficiaries of Poverty Alleviation
Programmes |
NCDC |
National Cooperative Development Corporation |
NESDB |
National Economic and Social Development Board |
NIC |
Newly industrialized country |
NPL |
Non Performing Loan |
NREP |
National Rural Employment Programme |
PA |
Professional Association |
PAA |
Pilot action area |
PACS |
Primary Agricultural Cooperative Society |
PCT |
Provincial Core Team |
PDA |
Population and Community Development Association |
PDRD |
Participatory Decentralized Rural Development |
PIA |
Project Implementing Agency |
POs |
People's Organizations; Professional Organizations |
PPD |
Provincial Project Director |
PRI |
Panchayat Raj Institution |
PRISP |
Philippine Rural Institutional Strengthening
Programme |
PTA |
Parent and Teacher Association; Part Time Animator |
PWMTA |
Participatory Watershed Management Training in Asia |
RBI |
Reserve Bank of India |
RDP |
Rural development programme |
RDSs |
Rural development societies |
SAARC |
South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation |
SAP |
Structural Adjustment Package |
SC, ST |
Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes |
SEP |
Search Extension Programme |
SEWA |
Self Employed Women's Association |
SHG |
Self help group |
SHO |
Self help organization |
SIDBI |
Small Industries Development Bank of India |
SRA |
Social Reform Agenda |
SSM |
Sarvodaya Sharamadana Movement |
SWG |
Site Working Group |
TAO |
Tambon Administrative Organization |
TAOC |
Tambon Authority Organization Council |
TAOAC |
TAO Administrative Committee |
TBIRD |
Thai Business in Rural Development |
TDRI |
Thailand Development Research Institute |
TFPP |
Training of Facilitators in Participatory Planning |
TRYSEM |
Training of Rural Youth for Self-Employment |
UNCED |
United Nations Conference on Environment and
Development |
UNCDF |
United Nations Capital Development Fund |
UNDP |
United Nations Development Programme |
VEC |
Village Education Committee |
VO |
Voluntary organization |
VRMC |
Village Resources Management Committee |
VTP |
Village Planning Team |
VWG |
Village Working Group |
WCC |
Women Credit Committee |
WM |
Watershed Management |
WWCS |
Working Women's Credit Society |