ACIAR Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research
ADB Asian Development Bank
AFP Australian Federal Police
AIPRD Australia Indonesia Partnership for Reconstruction and Development
AP6 Asia–Pacific Partnership on Clean Development and Climate
APEC Asia–Pacific Economic Cooperation
ASEAN Association of Southeast Asian Nations
ASEAN+6 ASEAN members plus Australia, New Zealand, India, China, Japan and Korea
AusAID Australian Agency for International Development
DAC Development Assistance Committee (of the OECD)
ECP Enhanced Cooperation Program
GDP Gross domestic product
HIV/AIDS Human immunodeficiency virus / acquired immune deficiency syndrome
IFI International financial institution
LDC Least developed country
MDG Millennium Development Goal
NGO Non-government organisation
ODA Official Development Assistance
ODE Office of Development Effectiveness
OECD Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development
PNG Papua New Guinea
PPIAF Public–Private Infrastructure Advisory Facility
RAMSI Regional Assistance Mission to Solomon Islands
SARS Severe acute respiratory syndrome
US United States
WHO World Health Organization
WTO World Trade Organization
Adaptation (to climate change)
Adjustments in practices, processes, or structures to offset the potential for damage or take advantage of opportunities created by a given change in climate. There is potential for developed and developing countries to enhance and/or acquire adaptive capabilities.
Capacity building
The process of developing competencies and capabilities in individuals, groups, organisations, sectors or countries which will lead to sustained and self-generating performance improvement.
Delegation of Responsibility
Delegating responsibility of aid funding to another donor agency or organisation, which acts as the agent for aid delivery.
Fragile states
States that face particularly difficult development prospects because of weak governance, policies and institutions. Fragility can be exacerbated by political, economic and/or social instability, including conflict. There is no definitive list of fragile states — many are fragile in only some respects and may move in and out of fragility.
Fragmentation
Occurs when more than one donor is actively funding activities, with each donor taking little account of what the others are doing and imposing its own procedures. The burden of this lack of coordination is heavy for developing country administrations that are already struggling to function effectively.
Donor harmonisation
Coordination by donors of their processes and procedures, so that the burden of this aspect of aid provision is borne by them rather than by developing partner countries.
Official Development Assistance
Funding that flows to the recipient countries listed by the OECD as developing countries and to multilateral organisations. ODA-eligible funding is provided by official agencies (including federal, state and local governments and their executive agencies); administered with the promotion of the economic development and welfare of developing countries as its main objective; is concessional; and conveys a grant element of at least 25 per cent. Policy coherence
Term used to describe how developed country policies that impact upon development (trade, investment, aid, migration, etc.), work together to support development in developing countries.