ACRONYMS

ACTs Artemisinin-based combination therapies CO2 Carbon dioxide
ADF African Development Fund CSO Civil society organisations
AECF African Enterprise Challenge Fund CSR Comprehensive Spending Review (UK)
AfDB African Development Bank DAC Development Assistance Committee
AFT Aid for Trade DDA Doha Development Agenda
AGOA African Growth and Opportunity Act DFID UK Department for International Development
AGRA Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa DOTS Directly observed therapy
AMC Advance Market Commitment EAC East African Community
AMFm Affordable Medicines Facility for Malaria ECOWAS Economic Community of Western States
AU African Union EBA Everything But Arms Programme
ARV Antiretroviral therapy EPAs Economic Partnership Agreements
BMGF Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation EPSA Enhanced Private Sector Assistance
BMU German Ministry of the Environment ETF Education Transition Fund
BMZ German Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development ETS European Trading Scheme
CAADP Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme FAO United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization
CAP The EU's Common Agricultural Policy FDI Foreign direct investment
CBP Capacity Building Project FTI Fast Track Initiative
CFA Comprehensive Framework for Action GAVI Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunisations
CGIAR Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research GDP Gross domestic product
COMESA Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa GFATM Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria
GFRP Global Food Response Program
GHCP Global Health Care Partnership
GIR Gross intake ratio MFW4A Making Finance Work for Africa
GMAP Global Malaria Action Plan NEPAD New Partnership for Africa's Development
GNI Gross national income NER Net enrolment ratio
HIPCs Heavily Indebted Poor Countries ODA Official development assistance
IATI International Aid Transparency Initiative OECD Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development
IBRD International Bank for Reconstruction and Development PCR Primary school completion rate
ICA Infrastructure Consortium for Africa PEPFAR President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief
IDA International Development Association PMI President's Malaria Initiative
IFC International Finance Corporation READ Russia Education Aid for Development
IFFIm International Financing Facility for Immunisations S&DT Special and differentiated treatment
IFIs International Financial Institutions SACU Southern African Customs Union
IMF International Monetary Fund SADC Southern African Development Community
INFRA Infrastructure Recovery and Assets Platform SSA Sub-Saharan Africa
ITN Insecticide-treated net TICAD Tokyo International Conference on African Development
LDCs Least developed countries UKAN United Kingdom Advocacy Network
LDCT Least-Developed Countries' Tariff UNICEF United Nations Children's Fund
LICs Low-income countries UPE Universal primary education
LLITNs Long-lasting insecticide treated bed nets WFP World Food Programme
MCH Maternal and child health WHO World Health Organization
MDR-TB Multi-drug-resistant tuberculosis WTO World Trade Organization
MDRI Multilateral Debt Relief Initiative XDR-TB Extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis
 

FOREWORD BY BOB GELDOF AND KOFI ANNAN

Almost ten years ago, African leaders and their partners in the international community entered a pact for improving the lives of hundreds of millions of people. As part of their campaign to achieve the Millennium Development Goals, they made commitments to each other and to their citizens that they would work to beat extreme poverty and promote good governance; while Western leaders responded to the demands of their citizens that aid budgets should be increased and spent wisely and effectively in support of Africa's campaign against poverty.

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