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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
