Bangladesh Related Fundamental Abbreviations

	ABBREVIATIONS
ACC	Anti-Corruption Commission
ADA	Anti-Dumping Agreement
ADP	Annual Development Programme
AfT	Aid for Trade
AIDS	Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome
APTA	Asia Pacific Trade Agreement
BB	Bangladesh Bank
BBS	Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics
BCCSAP	Bangladesh Climate Change Strategy and Action Plan
BCC	Bangladesh Computer Council
BCM	Billion Cubic Meter
BDCC	Buyer-Driven Commodity Chains
BDHS	Bangladesh Household Survey
BG	Broad Gauge
BIMSTEC	Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation
BIWTA	Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Authority
BEPZA	Bangladesh Export Processing Zones Authority
BJRI	Bangladesh Jute Research Institute
BMD	Bangladesh Meteorological Department
BPFA	Beijing Platform of Action
BPC	Bangladesh Petroleum Corporation
BPO	Business Process Outsourcing
BR	Bangladesh Railway
BRAC	Bangladesh Rural Advancement Centre
BRDB	Bangladesh Rural Development Board
BRT	Bus Rapid Transport
BSIC	Bangladesh Standard Industrial Classification
BTCL	Bangladesh Telephone Company Limited
BSTI	Bangladesh Standards and Testing Institution
CAG	Comptroller and Audit General
CBAs	Collective Bargaining Agents
CEDAW	Convention on the Elimination of all forms of Discrimination against Women
CFS	Country Freight Service
CHW	Community Health Workers
CNG	Compressed Natural Gas
CPP	Cyclone Preparedness Programme
CPR	Contraceptive Prevalence Rate
CSR	Corporate Social Responsibility
CYSMIS	Cyclone Shelter Management Information System
CGE	Computable General Equilibrium
DEMU	Diesel Electric Multiple Unit
DFQF	Duty-free Quota-free
DHMU	Diesel Hydraulic Multiple Unit
DoE	Department of Environment
DRO	Disaster Relief Operation
DRR	Disaster Risk Reduction
DCGE	Dynamic Computable General Equilibrium
ECNEC	Executive Committee of National Economic Council
EBA	European Banking Authority
ESM	Employment Satellite Matrix
EU	European Union
EPZ	Export Processing Zone
FDI	Foreign Direct Investment
FFWC	Flood Forecasting and Warning Centre
FP	Family Planning
FWC	Family Welfare Centre
GATS	General Agreement on Trade in Services
GDP	Gross Domestic Product
GNI	Gross National Income
GNP	Gross National Product
GOB	Government of Bangladesh
GSP	General System of Preference
GWH	Giga Watt Per Hour
HDI	Human Development Index
HIV	Human Immune Virus
HSC	Higher Secondary Certificate
HIES	Income and Expenditure Survey
ICD	Inland Container Depot
IMED	Implementation Monitoring and Evaluation Division
ICT	Information and Communication Technology
NEC	National Economic Council
NES	North Eastern States of India
NFE	Non-Formal Education
NGO	Non Government Organization
NRB	Non-Resident Bangladeshi
NWMP	National Water Management Plan
OMS	Open Market Sales
OPP	Outline of Perspective Plan
OECD	Organization of Economic Co-operation and Development
PDB	Power Development Board
PERC	Public Expenditure Review Commission
PKSF	Palli Karma Shahayak Foundation
PMO	Prime Minister’s Office
POL	Petroleum Oil and Lubricant
PPP	Public Private Partnership
PPMO	Perspective Plan Management Office
PRSP	Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper
PSRRC	Pay Services and Regulatory Reforms Commission
QRs	Quantity Restrictions
R&D	Research and Development
RHD	Roads and Highways Department
RMP	Road Master Plan
RMG	Readymade Garments
RNFA	Rural Non Farm Activities
RoB	Rules of Business
RoO	Rules of Origin
RPP	Rental Power Plants
RRC	Regulatory Reforms Commission
SAARC	South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation
SAFTA	South Asia Free Trade Agreement
SBA	Skilled Birth Attendant
SEZs	Special Economic Zones
SME	Small Medium Enterprise
SPARRSO	Space Research and Remote Sensing Organization
SPP	Small Power Plants
SPS	Sanitary and Phytosanitary
S&D	Special and Differential
SMA	Statistical Metropolitan Area
S&T	Science and Technology
SRI	System of Rice Intensification
SSC	Secondary School Certificate
SOE	State Owned Enterprise
TAR	Trans Asian railway
TB	Tuberculosis
Tcf	Trillion Cubic Feet
TBT	Technical Barriers to Trade
TFR	Total Fertility Rate
TV	Television
TVET	Technical and Vocational Education and Training
U.S. $	United States Dollar
UHC	Upazila Health Complex
UMI	Upper Middle Income
UN	United Nations
UNDP	United Nations Development Programme
UNESCO	United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization
UNFCCC	United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
UNO	Upazila Nirbahi Officer
USA	United Stats of America
VGD	Vulnerable Group Development
VGF	Vulnerable Group Feeding
VOC	Vocational
VSAT	Very Small Aperture Terminals
WHO	World Health Organization
WTO	World Trade Organization
WiMax	Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access
YGM	Yield Gap Minimization