Abbreviations

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