| acb | African Central Bank |
| achpr | African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights |
| acil | Amsterdam Centre for International Law |
| acp | African, Caribbean and Pacific countries |
| aec | African Economic Community |
| AfCFTA | African Continental Free Trade Agreement |
| ahrlj | African Human Rights Law Journal |
| ahrlr | African Human Rights Law Report |
| aib | African Investment Bank |
| amf | African Monetary Fund |
| aprm | African Peer Review Mechanism |
| asean | Association of South East Asian Nations |
| atpc | African Trade Policy Centre |
| au | African Union |
| auda | African Union Development Agency |
| bbc | British Broadcasting Corporation |
| brics | Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa (economic bloc) |
| bsac | British South Africa Company |
| cappe | Centre for Applied Philosophy and Public Ethics |
| cddrl | Centre on Democracy, Development and the Rule of Law |
| cemiride | Centre for Minority Rights Development |
| cepr | Centre for Economic Policy Research |
| cfa | Communauté Financier Africaine |
| cia | Central Intelligence Agency |
| comesa | Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa |
| cso | Civil Society Organisation |
| danida | Danish International Development Agency |
| drc | Democratic Republic of Congo |
| DRtD | Declaration on the Right to Development |
| eau | East African Union |
| eccas | Economic Community of Central African States |
| ecosoc | Economic and Social Council |
| ecowas | Economic Community of West African States |
| escr | Economic, social and cultural rights |
| fes | Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung |
| focac | Forum for China-Africa Cooperation |
| gdp | Gross Domestic Product |
Human Rights Watch |
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| iccpr | International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights |
| icescr | International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights |
| ids | Institute of Development Studies |
| imf | International Monetary Fund |
| iom | International Organisation for Migration |
| mdgs | Millennium Development Goals |
| minepat | Ministry of the Economy, Planning and Regional Development |
| mpra | Munich Personal RePEc Archive |
| nanhri | Network of African National Human Rights Institutions |
| nato | North Atlantic Treaty Organisation |
| ngo | Non-governmental organisation |
| nhri | National Human Rights Institutions |
| nieo | New International Economic Order |
| norad | Norway Agency for Development Cooperation |
| oda | Official Development Assistance |
| odi | Overseas Development Institute |
| oecd | Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development |
| oic | Organisation of Islamic Cooperation |
| sadc | Southern African Development Community |
| sadpa | South African Development Partnership Agency |
| sahrc | South African Human Rights Commission |
| saifac | South African Institute for Advanced Constitutional, Public, Human Rights and International Law |
| saiia | South African Institute of International Affairs |
| sap | Structural Adjustment Programme |
| sdgs | Sustainable Development Goals |
| serac | Social and Economic Rights Action Centre |
| sesrtcic | Statistical, Economic and Social Research Training Centre for Islamic Countries |
| sida | Swedish International Development Agency |
| srsg | Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary General |
| tst | Technical Support Team |
| UN | United Nations |
| unctad | United Nations Conference on Trade and Development |
| undp | United Nations Development Programme |
| uneca | United Nations Economic Commission for Africa |
| unep | United Nations Environment Programme |
| unesco | United Nations Education, Scientific and Cultural Organisation |
| unicef | United Nations International Children’s Fund |
United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights |
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| unu | United Nations University |
| US | United States |
| usaid | United States Agency for International Development |
| usd | United States Dollar |
| weo | World Economic Outlook |
| wider | World Institute for Development Economics Research |
| zanu-pf | Zimbabwe African National Union Patriotic Front |