Abbreviations and Acronyms

AfCFTA

African Continental Free Trade Agreement

AfDB

African Development Bank

AFD

French Development Agency

ALGA

African Local Government Academy

AU

African Union

BOAD

West African Development Bank

BRT

Bus Rapid Transit

CELs

City-level Experimentation Labs

DHS

Demographic and Health Surveys

EUR

Euro

FDI

Foreign direct investment

GDP

Gross Domestic Product

GHG

Greenhouse gas

GSS

Ghana Statistical Services

ICT

Information and communication technologies

IDP

Internally displaced persons

LED

Local Economic Development

LSMS

Living Standard Measurement Surveys

NRGI

Natural Resource Governance Institute

PEFA

Public Expenditure and Financial Accountability

PPP

Purchasing Power Parities

SDAU

Strategic Plan for the Development of Greater Lomé

(Schéma directeur d’aménagement et d’urbanisme)

SEZ

Special Economic Zone

SME

Small and Medium Enterprises

UCLG Africa

United Cities and Local Governments of Africa

UNCTAD

United Nations Conference on Trade and Development

UNDP

United Nations Development Programme

UNECA

United Nations Economic Commission for Africa

UN-Habitat

United Nations Human Settlements Programme

USD

United States Dollar

WDI

World Development Indicators

XOF

West African CFA franc

 

Country Codes

BDI

Burundi

BEN

Benin

BFA

Burkina Faso

BWA

Botswana

CAF

Central African Republic

CIV

Côte d’Ivoire

CMR

Cameroon

COD

Democratic Republic of the Congo

COG

Republic of Congo

COM

Comoros

CPV

Cabo Verde

DJI

Djibouti

DZA

Algeria

EGY

Egypt

ERI

Eritrea

ETH

Ethiopia

GAB

Gabon

GHA

Ghana

GIN

Guinea

GMB

Gambia

GNB

Guinea-Bissau

GNQ

Equatorial Guinea

KEN

Kenya

LBR

Liberia

LBY

Libya

LSO

Lesotho

MAR

Morocco

MDG

Madagascar

MLI

Mali

MOZ

Mozambique

MRT

Mauritania

MUS

Mauritius

MWI

Malawi

NAM

Namibia

NER

Niger

NGA

Nigeria

RWA

Rwanda

SDN

Sudan

SEN

Senegal

SLE

Sierra Leone

SOM

Somalia

SSD

South Sudan

STP

São Tomé and Príncipe

SWZ

Eswatini

SYC

Seychelles

TCD

Chad

TGO

Togo

TUN

Tunisia

TZA

Tanzania

UGA

Uganda

ZAF

South Africa

ZMB

Zambia

ZWE

Zimbabwe