Abbreviations
| abtc | apec Business Travel Card |
| acfta | asean-China Free Trade Area |
| acp | African-Caribbean and Pacific Group (associated with the EU) |
| adb | Asian Development Bank |
| AfDB | African Development Bank |
| aftz | African Free Trade Zone |
| aids | Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome |
| aiib | Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank |
| apec | Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation |
| arf | asean Regional Forum |
| asean | Association of Southeast Asian Nations |
| AU | African Union |
| brics | Brazil-Russia-India-China, and South Africa |
| caif | China-Africa Industrial Forum |
| car | Central African Republic (capital Bangui) |
| cctv | China Cable Television |
| cfa | Communauté Financière Africaine |
| cfta | Continental Free Trade Area |
| cirss | Centre for International Relations and Strategic Studies/The Philippines |
| cnn | Cable News Network |
| comesa | Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa |
| cra | Contingency Reserve Arrangement |
| crs | Congressional Research Service (US) |
| dac | Development Assistance Committee |
| dc | District of Columbia (Washington, DC) |
| dprk | Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (Capital: Pyongyang) |
| drc | The Democratic Republic of Congo |
| drd | Declaration on the Right to Development |
| eac | East African Community |
| ecosoc | Economic and Social Council of the United Nations |
| ecowa | Economic Community of West African States |
| epa | Economic Partnership Agreement (associated with the EU) |
| EU | European Union |
| eximbank | Export-Import Bank |
| fao | Food and Agriculture Organization |
| fdi | Foreign Direct Investment |
| focac | Forum on China-Africa Cooperation |
| G-77 | Group of 77 United Nations Member States |
| gca | Global Coalition for Africa |
| gdp | Gross Domestic Product |
| gvep | Global Village Energy Partnership |
| hiv | Human Immunodeficiency Virus |
| ibrd | International Bank for Reconstruction and Development |
| icc | International Criminal Court |
| idi | Inward Direct Investment |
| idp | Internally Displaced Person |
| ifi | International Financial Institutions |
| ilc | International Labor Conference |
| ilo | International Labor Organization |
| imf | International Monetary Fund |
| irin | Integrated Regional Information Network |
| ltta | Long Term Trade Agreement |
| mdgs | Millennium Development Goals |
| mip | Minimum Integration Programme |
| mulpoc | Multinational Programming and Operations Center |
| naasp | New Asia-Africa Strategic Partnership |
| nam | Non-Aligned Movement |
| nato | North Atlantic Treaty Organization |
| ndb | New Development Bank (or brics Bank) |
| nepad | New Economic Partnership for Africa’s Development |
| ngo | Non-Governmental Organization |
| oau | Organization of African Unity |
| oda | Official Development Assistance |
| odi | Official Direct Investment |
| oecd | Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development |
| ohchr | Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights |
| omvs | Organisation pour la Mise en Valeur du Fleuve Senegal |
| P5 | Permanent 5 members of the UN Security Council |
| prc | The People’s Republic of China |
| R2P | Responsibility to Protect |
| rec | Regional Economic Community |
| rmb | Ren Min Bi (official currency of China) |
| roc | Republic of Korea (Capital: Seoul) |
| RoL | Rule of Law |
| sacu | Southern Africa Customs Union |
| sadc | Southern Africa Development Community |
| sez | Special Economic Zone |
| suv | Sport Utility Vehicle |
| tazara | Tanzania-Zambia Railway |
| tmc | Traditional Medicine China |
| tralac | Trade Law Centre (based in South Africa) |
| TV5 | Television Channel 5 News/France |
| UK | United Kingdom |
| UN | United Nations |
| unctad | United Nations Conference on Trade and Development |
| uneca | United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (based in Addis Ababa/Ethiopia) |
| unesco | United Nations Education, Science, and Culture Organization |
| unhcr | United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees |
| unicef | United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund |
| unita | National Union for the Total Independence of Angola |
| upc | Union des Populations du Cameroun |
| usd | United States Dollar |
| ussr | Union of Soviet Socialist Republics |
| WB | Word Bank |
| wfp | World Food Programme |
| wfto | World Fair Trade Organization |
| who | World Health Organization |
| wto | World Trade Organization |
| wwii | World War ii |
| zte | Zhongxing Telecommunications Equipment Corporation |