Glossary

ADF African Development Fund
AFD Agence Française de Développement (France)
AfDB African Development Bank
AICD Africa Infrastructure Country Diagnostic
AIKP Africa Infrastructure Knowledge Programme
AMCOW African Ministers' Council on Water
AU African Union
BADEA Arab Bank for Economic Development in Africa
BDEAC Banque de Développement des Etats de l’Afrique Central
BIDC Banque d’Investissement et de Développement de la CEDEAO [EBID]
BIO Belgian Investment Company for Developing Countries
BMZ Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (Germany)
BOAD Banque Ouest Africaine de Développement
CADF China-Africa Development Fund
CIF Climate Investment Fund
COFIDES Spanish Development Funding Company
COMESA Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa
CSI Core Sector Indicators
DBSA Development Bank of Southern Africa
DEG Deutsche Investitions und Entwiklungsgsgesellschaft [KfW Group]
DFID Department for International Development (UK)
EAC East African Community
EADB East Africa Development Bank
EBID ECOWAS Bank for Development and Investment
EC European Commission
ECOWAS Economic Community of West African States
EDF European Development Fund
EIB European Investment Bank
EXIM Export Import Bank
EU-ITF European Union Africa Infrastructure Trust Fund
G8 Group of Eight (Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Russia, UK, USA)
G20 Group of Twenty (G8 countries, plus Argentina, Australia, Brazil, China, European Union, India, Indonesia, Mexico, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, South Korea, Turkey)
GIS Geographic Information System
GIZ Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (Germany)
HoAI Horn of Africa Initiative
IAIDA Institutional Architecture for Infrastructure Development in Africa
IBRD International Bank for Reconstruction and Development
ICA Infrastructure Consortium for Africa
ICT Information and Communications Technology
IDA International Development Association [World Bank Group]
IDC Industrial Development Corporation of South Africa Limited
IFC International Finance Corporation
IGAD Intergovernmental Authority on Development
IPP Independent Power Producer
IRMA Initiative for Risk Mitigration in Africa
JICA Japan International Cooperation Agency
KfW Kreditanstalt für Wiederaufbau (Germany)
MOU Memorandum of Understanding
NEPAD New Partnership for Africa's Development
NSC North South Corridor
ODA Official Development Assistance
OSBP One-Stop Border Posts
PIDA Programme for Infrastructure Development in Africa
PPFF Project Preparation Fund Finder
PPIAF Public-Private Infrastructure Advisory Facility
PPP Public-Private Partnership
RBO River Basin Organisation
REC Regional Economic Community
SADC Southern African Development Community
SBP Strategic Business Plan
TA Technical Assistant
ToR Terms of Reference
UNECA United Nations Economic Commission for Africa
USAID United States Agency for International Development
USD United States Dollar
VWG Virtual Working Group
WAPP West African Power Pool
WB World Bank
WP Water Platform
WSP Water and Sanitation Program

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