Bhutan Country Strategy Paper 2007-2013 - the European External ...

Sector/Thematic/Area
Other Development Partners’ Strategies and Activities
• Construction of mule tracks selected districts to allow greater access to agricultural markets
World Bank
• Rural access roads
ADTA = advisory technical assistance, AIDS = acquired immuno-deficiency syndrome, ADB = Asian Development Bank, AIT = Asian Institute of Technology (Bangkok), BDFC
= Bhutan Development Finance Corporation, CEDAW = Convention on the Elimination of All forms of Discrimination against Women, DADM = Department of Aid and Debt
Management, EA = executing agency, FAO = Food and Agriculture Organization, GEF = Global Environment Facility, HIV = human immuno-deficiency virus, HRD = human
resource development, ICDP = Integrated Conservation and Development Program, ICIMOD = International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development, ICT = information and
communication technology, IFAD = International Fund for Agricultural Development, IRRI = International Rice Research Institute, ITC = International Tendering Company,
MDG = millennium development goal, NECS = National Environment Commission, PPTA = project preparatory technical assistance, RECOFTC = Regional Community Forestry
Training Center, RGOB = Royal Government of Bhutan, RMA = Royal Monetary Authority, RNR = renewable natural resources, RSEB = Royal Stock Exchange of Bhutan,
SASEC = South Asia Subregional Economic Cooperation, SDS = Sustainable Development Secretariat, SEZAP = Second Eastern Zone Agricultural Program, SME = small and
medium enterprise, SNV = Netherlands Development Organisation,TA = technical assistance, UNCDF = United Nations Capital Development Fund, UNDP = United Nations
Development Programme, UNFPA = United Nations Population Fund, UNICEF = United Nations Children's Fund, UNIDO = United Nations Industrial Development
Organization, VERCON = Virtual Extension–Research Communication, WHO = World Health Organization, and WTO = World Trade Organization.
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