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African Union Development Agency-New Economic Partnership for Africa’s Development
AVC
Agri-food value chain
BMZ
Bundesministerium für wirtschaftliche Zusammenarbeit und Entwicklung (Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development)
B2C
Business to consumer
CEMAC
Economic and Monetary Community of Central Africa
CEN-SAD
Community of Sahel-Saharan States
CET
Common External Tariff
COMESA
Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa
EAC
East African Community
ECCAS
Economic Community of Central African States
ECOWAS
Economic Community of West African States
ESG
Environmental, Social and corporate Governance
EU
European Union
EVC
Energy value chain
FDI
Foreign direct investment
FVC
Forest value chain
GDP
Gross domestic product
GIZ
Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (German Corporation for International Cooperation)
GVC
Global value chain
ICT
Information and communications technology
IEA
International Energy Agency
IFC
International Finance Corporation
ILO
International Labour Organization
IMF
International Monetary Fund
ISO
International Organization for Standardization
ITC
International Trade Center
LAC
Latin America and the Caribbean
MNE
Multinational enterprise
OECD
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
PAIC
Pan-African Investment Code
PALOP
Países Africanos de Língua Oficial Portuguesa (Portuguese-speaking African countries)
PIDA
Programme for Infrastructure Development in Africa
PPP
Public-private partnership
R&D
Research and development
RCA
Revealed comparative advantage
REC
Regional Economic Community
REVC
Renewable energy value chain
RVC
Regional value chain
SACU
Southern Africa Custom Union
SADC
Southern African Development Community
SDG
Sustainable Development Goals
SEZ
Special economic zone
SME
Small and medium-sized enterprise
STEM
Science, technology, engineering and mathematics
SWAC
Sahel and West Africa Club
TVET
Technical and vocational education and training
UN
United Nations
UNCTAD
United Nations Conference on Trade and Development
UNECA
United Nations Economic Commission for Africa
UNESCO
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
UNIDO
United Nations Industrial Development Organization
WAEMU
West African Economic and Monetary Union
WEF
World Economic Forum
WTO
World Trade Organization
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