Africa's Development Dynamics 2024

Abbreviations and acronyms

AAP	Alliance for African Partnership
ACET	African Center for Economic Transformation
ACQF	African Continental Qualifications Framework
ADEA	Association for the Development of Education in Africa
AfCFTA	African Continental Free Trade Area
AFD	Agence française de développement (French Development Agency)
AfDB	African Development Bank
AfDD	Africa’s Development Dynamics
AI	Artificial intelligence
AMLA	African Mining Legislation Atlas
ASM	Artisanal and small-scale mining
ATAF	African Tax Administration Forum
AU	African Union
AUC	African Union Commission
AUDA-NEPAD	African Union Development Agency-New Economic Partnership for Africa’s Development
AUF	Agence universitaire de la Francophonie (The Francophone University Agency)
BEAR	Better Education for Africa’s Rise
BMGF	Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
BMZ	Bundesministerium für wirtschaftliche Zusammenarbeit und Entwicklung (Federal Ministry for Economic Co-operation and Development)
CEDEFOP	European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training
COMESA	Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa
COMILOG	Compagnie minière de l’Ogooué (Ogooué Mining Company)
DHS	Demographic and Health Surveys
EAC	East African Community
EASTRIP	East Africa Skills for Transformation and Regional Integration Project
EC	European Commission
ECA	Economic Commission for Africa
ECOWAS	Economic Community of West African States
EITI	Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative
EU	European Union
ERCE	Regional Comparative and Explanatory Study
ESG	Environmental, social and governance
EV	Electric vehicle
FAO	Food and Agriculture Organization
FDI	Foreign direct investment
FONEA	National Support Fund for Employability and Apprenticeship
GCA	Global Center on Adaptation
GDP	Gross domestic product
GEEAP	Global Education Evidence Advisory Panel
GEF	Global Environment Facility
GIS	Geographic information system
GIZ	Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (German Agency for International Co-operation)
ICAO	International Civil Aviation Organization
ICEE	International Conference on Environmental Education
ICT	Information and communications technology
IDRC	International Development Research Centre
IEA	International Energy Agency
IFC	International Finance Corporation
IGF	Intergovernmental Forum on Mining, Minerals, Metals and Sustainable Development
ILO	International Labour Organization
IISD	International Institute for Sustainable Development
IMF	International Monetary Fund
IPIS	International Peace and Information Service
IRENA	International Renewable Energy Agency
ISCO	International Standard Classification of Occupations
ITC	International Trade Center
JICA	Japan International Cooperation Agency
JKUAT	Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology
KfW	Kreditanstalt für Wiederaufbau (Credit Institute for Reconstruction)
LAC	Latin America and the Caribbean
LAYS	Learning-adjusted years
LLECE	Laboratorio Latinoamericano de Evaluación de la Calidad de la Educación (The Latin-American Laboratory for Assessment of the Quality of Education)
LMIS	Labour market information systems
MOOC	Massive open online course
MQA	Mining qualifications authority
NVTC	Nakawa Vocational Training College
OACPS	Organization of African, Caribbean and Pacific States
OECD	Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
O*NET	Occupational Information Network
PALOP	Países Africanos de Língua Oficial Portuguesa (Portuguese-speaking African countries)
PASEC	Programme for the Analysis of Educational Systems of CONFEMEN
PIRLS	Progress in International Reading Literacy Study
PISA	Programme for International Student Assessment
PPP	Purchasing power parity
PSF	Private Sector Federation
RAFIC	Regional Flagship ICT Centre
RES	Renewable energy sources
RPL	Recognition of prior learning
SACMEQ	The Southern and Eastern Africa Consortium for Monitoring Education Quality
SADC	Southern African Development Community
SAP	Systems, Applications and Products in Data Processing
SIFA	Skills Initiative for Africa
SME	Small and medium-sized enterprise
SMP	Skill mobility partnership
SQL	Structured Query Language
STEM	Science, technology, engineering and mathematics
SWP	Sustainable Water Partnership
TaRL	Teaching at the Right Level
TIMSS	Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study
TVET	Technical and vocational education and training
UEMOA	Union Économique et Monétaire Ouest-Africaine (West African Economic and Monetary Union)
UIS	UNESCO Institute for Statistics
UN	United Nations
UNCTAD	United Nations Conference on Trade and Development
UNDP	United Nations Development Programme
UNEP	United Nations Environment Programme
UNESCO	United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
UNICEF	United Nations Children’s Fund
UNIDO	United Nations Industrial Development Organization
UNU WIDER	United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research
USAID	United States Agency for International Development
WEF	World Economic Forum
WFP	World Food Programme
WHO	World Health Organization
WTO	World Trade Organization
ZMDC	Zimbabwe Mining Development Corporation