Acronyms and Abbreviations

• Author: James Anderson; David Bernstein; Cheryl Gray
• Profession: Poverty Reduction and Economic Management Department (ECSPE) in the Europe and Central Asia (ECA) Region
• Pages: ix-x

ABA-CEELI

American Bar Association-Central European and Eurasian Law Initiative

ADR

alternative dispute resolution

ALB

Albania

ARM

Armenia

AZE

Azerbaijan

BEEPS

Business Environment and Enterprise Performance Survey

BEL

Belarus

BiH

Bosnia and Herzegovina

BUL

Bulgaria

CEE

Central and Eastern Europe

CIS

Commonwealth of Independent States

COE

Council of Europe

CRO

Croatia

CSO

civil society organization

CZE

Czech Republic

EBRD

European Bank for Reconstruction and Development

EC

European Commission

ECHR

European Court of Human Rights

ECSPE

Europe and Central Asia Poverty Reduction and Economic Management Department

EOS

Executive Opinion Survey

EST

Estonia

ESW

economic and sector work

EU

European Union

FRY

Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (now Serbia and Montenegro)

FYR

former Yugoslav Republic (of Macedonia)

GDP

gross domestic product

GEO

Georgia

HUN

Hungary

IDF

Institutional Development Fund

IFI

international financial institution

IMF

International Monetary Fund

IT

information technology

JRI

Judicial Reform Index

KAZ

Kazakhstan

KYR

Kyrgyz Republic

LAT

Latvia

LIS

Legal Indicator Survey

LIT

Lithuania

MAC

FYR of Macedonia

MOL

Moldova

NGO

nongovernmental organization

OECD

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development

PAL

Programmatic Adjustment Loan

POL

Poland

ROM

Romania

RUS

Russian Federation

SAM

Serbia and Montenegro

SEE

Southeastern Europe

SLK

Slovak Republic

SLN

Slovenia

SSA

Sub-Saharan Africa

TAJ

Tajikistan

UKR

Ukraine

UN

United Nations

UZB

Uzbekistan

WVS

World Values Survey

Note: All monetary amounts are in U.S. dollars unless otherwise indicated.