| ABC |
Agência Brasileira de Cooperação (Brazilian Cooperation Agency) |
| AIDS/SIDA |
Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome |
| ANC |
African National Congress, South Africa |
| ANVISA |
Agência Nacional de Vigilância Sanitária (National Health Surveillance Agency, Brazil) |
| BNDES |
Banco Nacional de Desenvolvimento Econômico e Social (Brazilian National Development Bank) |
| BRICS |
Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa |
| CDA |
Critical Discourse Analysis |
| CDN |
Corredor de Desenvolvimento do Norte (Northern, or Nacala, Development Corridor, Africa) |
| CEAA |
Centro de Estudos Afro-Asiáticos (Center for Afro-Asian Studies, Brazil) |
| CEAO |
Centro de Estudos Afro-Orientais (Center for Afro-Oriental Studies, Brazil) |
| CEBRAFRICA |
Centro Brasileiro de Estudos Africanos (Brazilian Center for African Studies) |
| CEPAL |
Comisión Económica para América Latina (Economic Commission for Latin America) |
| CES |
Centro de Estudos Sociais (Center for Social Studies, University of Coimbra, Portugal) |
| CIP |
Centro de Integridade Pública (Center for Public Integrity, Mozambique) |
| COBRADI |
Cooperação Brasileira para o Desenvolvimento Internacional (Brazilian International DevelopmentCentro de Integridade Pública (Center for Public Integrity, Mozambique)Cooperation) |
| CPDOC |
Centro de Pesquisa e Documentação de História Contemporânea do Brasil (Center for Research and Documentation of Brazilian Contemporary History, at Getúlio Vargas Foundation) |
| CPLP |
Comunidade de Países de Língua Portuguesa (Community of Portuguese Language Countries) |
| CSR |
Corporate Social Responsibility |
| CVRD |
Companhia Vale do Rio Doce (former name of Vale, public-private Brazilian mining company) |
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Empresa Brasileira de Pesquisa Agropecuária (Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation, Brazil, state-run) |
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| EMEM |
Empresa Moçambicana de Exploração Mineira (National Enterprise of Mineral Exploration, Mozambique, state-owned) |
| ENH |
Empresa Nacional de Hidrocarbonetos (National Enterprise of Hydrocarbons, Mozambique, state-owned) |
| EU |
European Union |
| FAO |
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations |
| FDI |
Foreign Direct Investment |
| FGV |
Fundação Getúlio Vargas (Getúlio Vargas Foundation, Brazil, private) |
| Fiocruz |
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, Brazil, state-run) |
| Frelimo |
Frente de Libertação de Moçambique (Mozambique Liberation Front) |
| G8 |
Group of Eight (industrialized democracies leading the international architecture) |
| GDR |
German Democratic Republic |
| GNI |
Gross National Income |
| GDP |
Gross Domestic Product |
| GPC |
Gabinete do Programa do Carvão (Coal Program Bureau, Mozambique) |
| HIV |
Human Immunodeficiency Virus |
| IBEAA |
Instituto Brasileiro de Estudos Afro-Asiáticos (Brazilian Institute of Afro-Asian Studies) |
| IBECAP |
Instituto Brasileiro de Estudos de China e Ásia-Pacífico (Brazilian Institute for China and Asian Pacific Studies) |
| ICVL |
International Coal Ventures Private Limited, India |
| IESE |
Instituto de Estudos Sociais e Económicos (Institute of Social and Economic Studies, Mozambique) |
| IGEPE |
Instituto de Gestão das Participações do Estado (State Assets Management Institute, Mozambique) |
| IIAM |
Instituto de Investigação Agrária de Moçambique (Institute of Agrarian Investigation of Mozambique, state-run) |
| IIM |
Instituto Internacional de Macau (International Institute of Macau) |
| IMF |
International Monetary Fund |
| Ipea |
Instituto de Pesquisa Econômica Aplicada (Institute for Applied Economic Research, Brazil) |
| Itamaraty |
Alternate name for Brazil’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs (after the palace where it is located) |
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Johannesburg Consolidated Investment Co. Ltd., South Africa |
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| JETRO |
Japan External Trade Organization |
| JICA |
Japan International Cooperation Agency |
| JOGMEC |
Japan Oil, Gas and Metals National Corporation |
| LDC |
Least Developed Country |
| LSA |
Lusophone Studies Association |
| LSE |
London School of Economics |
| MASA |
Ministério da Agricultura e Segurança Alimentar (Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security, Mozambique) |
| MDGs |
Millennium Development Goals |
| MDIC |
Ministério do Desenvolvimento, Indústria e Comércio Exterior (Ministry of Development, Industry and Foreign Trade, Brazil) |
| Mercosul/MERCOSUR |
Mercado Comum do Sul (Southern Common Market) |
| MINEC |
Ministério dos Negócios Estrangeiros e Cooperação (Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation, Mozambique) |
| MINUSTAH |
United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti |
| MIREM(E) |
Ministério dos Recursos Minerais e Energia (Mozambican Ministry of Mineral Resources and Energy) |
| MISAU |
Ministério da Saúde (Ministry of Health, Mozambique) |
| MPLA |
Movimento Popular de Libertação de Angola (Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola) |
| NATO |
North Atlantic Treaty Organization |
| NERINT |
Núcleo Brasileiro de Estratégia e Relações Internacionais (Brazilian Center of Strategy and International Relations) |
| NGO |
Non-Governmental Organization |
| ODA |
Official Development Assistance |
| OEC |
Observatory of Economic Complexity |
| OECD |
Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development |
| OEEC |
Organization for European Economic Cooperation (precursor to OECD ) |
| OPEC |
Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries |
| PALOPs |
Países Africanos de Língua Oficial Portuguesa (African Countries of Official Portuguese Language) |
| PARP |
Plano de Acção para Redução da Pobreza (Poverty Reduction Action Plan) |
| PCB |
Brazilian Communist Party (Partido Comunista Brasileiro) |
| PEDSA |
Plano Estratégico para o Desenvolvimento do Sector Agrário (Strategic Plan for the Development of the Agricultural Sector, Mozambique) |
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Política Externa Independente (Independent Foreign Policy, Brazil) |
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| PhD |
Doctor of Philosophy |
| PMDB |
Partido do Movimento Democrático Brasileiro (Brazilian Democratic Movement Party) |
| PRN |
Partido da Reconstrução Nacional (National Reconstruction Party, Brazil) |
| ProCeder |
Projeto Nipo-Brasileiro de Desenvolvimento Agrícola do Cerrado (Nipo-Brazilian Cerrado Agricultural Development Project) |
| ProSavana |
Projeto de Desenvolvimento Agrícola da Savana Africana (African Savannah Agricultural Development Project, Japan-Brazil-Mozambique) |
| PSDB |
Partido Social Democrático Brasileiro (Brazilian Social Democratic Party) |
| PT |
Partido dos Trabalhadores (Workers’ Party, Brazil) |
| PTB |
Partido Trabalhista Brasileiro (Brazilian Labor Party) |
| PUC-Rio |
Pontífica Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro (Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) |
| Renamo |
Movimento Nacional de Resistência (National Movement of Resistance, Mozambique) |
| SADC |
Southern African Development Community |
| SENAI |
Serviço Nacional de Aprendizagem Industrial (National Service for Industrial Training, Brazil, private) |
| SMM |
Sociedade Moçambicana de Medicamentos (Mozambique Pharmaceuticals Ltd) |
| SSC |
South-South Cooperation |
| TANU |
Tanganyika African National Union, Tanzania |
| UFRGS |
Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil) |
| UFRJ |
Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) |
| UK |
United Kingdom |
| UN |
United Nations |
| UNDP |
United Nations Development Program |
| UNESCO |
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization |
| UNILAB |
Universidade da Integração Internacional da Lusofonia Afro-Brasileira (University for the International Integration of Afro-Brazilian Lusofonia) |
| UNOSSC |
United Nations Office for South-South Cooperation |
| US/USA |
United States |
| USAID |
United States Agency for International Development |
| USP |
Universidade de São Paulo (University of São Paulo, Brazil) |
| WHO |
World Health Organization |
| WTO |
World Trade Organization |
| WWII |
World War II |