Enabling poor rural people
to overcome poverty





Abbreviations and acronyms

ACSAD

Arab Centre for Studies of Arid Zones and Dry Lands

AFESD

Arab Fund for Economic and Social Development

ASZ

Agricultural Settlements Zone

BRDP

Badia Rangelands Development Project

CAB

Cooperative Agricultural Bank

CI

Cooperating Institution

CMADP

Coastal Midlands Agricultural Development Project

COSOP

Country Strategic Opportunities Paper

CPE

Country Portfolio Evaluation

ESCWA

Economic and Social Commission for West Asia

FAO

Food and Agriculture Organization

GUP

General Union of Peasants

GUW

General Union of Women

ICARDA

International Centre for Agricultural Research in Dry Areas

IGA

Income-generating activity

JHADP

Jebel Al-Hoss Agricultural Development Project

MAAR

Ministry of Agriculture and Agrarian Reform

M&E

Monitoring and Evaluation

NGO

Non-Governmental Organization

OE

Office of Evaluation and Studies

PMU

Project Management Unit

PN

Near East and North Africa Division

SCGIM

Strategy-Cum-General-Identification Mission

SRADP I

Southern Region Agricultural Development Project, Phase I

SRADP II

Southern Region Agricultural Development Project, Phase II

TA

Technical Assistance

UNDP

United Nations Development Programme

UNICEF

United Nations Children’s Fund

WHO

World Health Organization

WID

Women-in-Development