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Acronyms
ADB : Asian Development Bank
AGOA : African Growth and Opportunity Act
CBTPA : Caribbean Basin Trade Partnership Act
CEACR : International Labor Organization Committee of Experts on the Application of Conventions and Recommendations
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
GDP : Gross Domestic Product
GNP : Gross National Product
GSP : Generalized System of Preferences
ICLP : International Child Labor Program
IDB : Inter-American Development Bank
ILO : International Labor Organization
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 : Non-governmental 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