AfDB

African Development Bank

AU

African Union

BSS

Business Support Services

CCBG

Committee of Central Bank Governors of SADC

CDE

Centre for the Development of Enterprise

CISNA

Committee on Insurance, Securities and Non-banking Financial Authorities of SADC

COMFI

Committee of Ministers responsible for Finance and Investment of SADC

DANIDA

Danish International Development Agency

DBSA

Development Bank of Southern Africa

DFI

Development Finance Institution

DFRC

Development Finance Resource Centre

EIB

European Investment Bank

ESIPP

EU-SADC Investment Promotion Programme

EU

European Union

FANR

Food, Agriculture and Natural Resources Directorate of SADC

FDI

Foreign Direct Investment

FISCU

Finance and Investment Sector Coordinating Unit

FIRST

Financial Sector Reform and Strengthening Initiative

GDP

Gross Domestic Product

GIBS

Gordon Institute for Business Sciences

GIMPA

Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration

ICM

Integrated Committee of Ministers of SADC

IDC

Industrial Development Corporation of South Africa

IFC

International Finance Corporation, a World Bank institution

IOD

Institute of Directors in Southern Africa

I&S

Infrastructure and Services Directorate of SADC

JAI

Joint Africa Institute

KfW

Kreditanstalt Für Wiederaufbau, Germany

MEFMI

Macroeconomic and Financial Management Institute of Eastern and   Southern Africa

MOU

Memorandum of Understanding

NEPAD

New Partnership for Africa’s Development

NDC

National Development Corporation of Tanzania

ODA

Official Development Assistance

PEP Africa

Private Enterprise Partnership for Africa, Agency of IFC

PFI

Private Financing of Infrastructure

PPDF

Project Preparation and Development Fund

PPIAF

Public Private Infrastructure Advisory Facility

PPI

Private Provision of Infrastructure

PPPs

Public-Private Partnerships

RISDP

Regional Indicative Strategic Development Plan

SADC

Southern African Development Community

SMEs

Small and Medium Scale Enterprises

STO

Senior Treasury Officials of SADC

TA

Technical Assistance

TIFI

Trade, Industry, Finance and Investment Directorate of SADC

TNC

Trans-National Corporation

UNCTAD

United Nations Conference on Trade and Development

UNECA

United Nations Economic Commission for Africa

WB

World Bank

WEF

World Economic Forum

WTO

World Trade Organisation