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