| ADB |
Asian Development Bank |
| CBOs |
Community Based Organisations |
| CENWOR |
Centre for Women’s Research |
| CHA |
Consortium of Humanitarian Agencies |
| FAO |
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations |
| GCE A/L |
General Certificate of Education – Advanced Level |
| GCE O/L |
General Certificate of Education – Ordinary Level |
| GDP |
Gross Domestic Product |
| GOSL |
Government of Sri Lanka |
| GTZ |
German Technical Cooperation (Deutsche Gesellschaft für |
| IDPs |
Internally Displaced Persons |
| IMF |
International Monetary Fund |
| IMR |
Infant Mortality Rate |
| INGOs |
International Non-Government Organisations |
| IFSP |
Integrated Food Security Programme |
| LDO |
Land Development Ordinance |
| LTTE |
Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam |
| MMR |
Maternal Mortality Rate |
| NECORD |
North East Community Restoration and Development Project |
| NEIAP |
North East Irrigated Agricultural Project |
| NEP |
Northern and Eastern Province |
| NERF |
North East Reconstruction Fund |
| NGOs |
Non-Government Organisations |
| PRGF |
Poverty Reduction Growth Facility |
| SIHRN |
Sub-Committee on Immediate Humanitarian and |
| SLRs |
Sri Lankan Rupees |
| UNDP |
United Nations Development Programme |
| UNHCR |
United Nations High Commission for Refugees |
| WFP |
World Food Programme |
| WRDS |
Women’s Rural Development Society |
Currency and Equivalent
|
Currency Unit |
= |
Rupees |
|
US$ 1 |
= |
SLRs 101.19 (average 2004) |
