Acronyms

ADB: Asian Development Bank

AGOA: African Growth and Opportunity Act

CBTPA: Caribbean Basin Trade Partnership Act

ECOWAS: Economic Community of West African States

ECPAT: End Child Prostitution, Child Pornography and Trafficking of Children for Sexual Purposes

EFA: Education for All

EU: European Union

FAO: Food and Agriculture Organization

GNP: Gross National Product

GSP: Generalized System of Preferences

ICLP: International Child Labor Program

IDB: Inter-American Development Bank

ILO Convention 138: International Labor Organization, Convention No. 138: Minimum Age for Admission to Employment

ILO Convention 182: International Labor Organization, Convention No. 182: Worst Forms of Child Labor

ILO-IPEC: International Labor Organization, International Program on the Elimination of Child Labor

IMF: International Monetary Fund

IOM: International Organization for Migration

MERCOSUR: Common Market of the South (America); members include Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, and Uruguay

MOU: Memorandum of Understanding

NGO: Nongovernmental Organization

OAS: Organization of American States

OECS: Organization of Eastern Caribbean States

OSCE: Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe

PRSP: Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper

SIMPOC: Statistical Information and Monitoring Program on Child Labor

UN: United Nations

UNDP: United Nations Development Program

UNESCO: United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization

UNFPA: United Nations Population Fund

UNICEF: United Nations Children’s Fund

USAID: United States Agency for International Development

USDA: United States Department of Agriculture

USDOL: United States Department of Labor

WFP: World Food Program

WHO: World Health Organization