Abbreviations and Acronyms

• Author: Peter Clegg/Emilio Pantojas-García
• Profession: Senior lecturer of politics and international relations at the University of the West of England, Bristol/Political sociologist and has published widely on Caribbean economic development
• Pages: 44-45

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- GOVERNANCE IN THE NON-INDEPENDENT CARIBBEAN -

ABBREVIATIONS AND ACRONYMS

ACP Africa, Caribbean, Pacific

BUMIDOM Bureau des migrations intéressant les

départements d’outre-mer

BVI British Virgin Islands

CARICOM Caribbean Community and Common Market

CRNM Caribbean Regional

Negotiating Machinery

CSME Caribbean Single Market and Economy

CAP Common Agricultural Policy

DFID Department for International Development (UK)

DR-CAFTA Dominican Republic-Central America

Free Trade Agreement

DOM Départements d’Outre Mer

(French Overseas Departments)

ECLAC Economic Commission for Latin America

and the Caribbean

EPA Economic Partnership Agreement

ECJ European Court of Justice

EU European Union

FATF Financial Action Task Force

FCO Foreign and Commonwealth Office (UK)

FDI Foreign Direct Investment

FTAs Free Trade Agreements

FTAA Free Trade Area of the Americas

GATT General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade

GDP Gross Domestic Product

GNI Gross National Income

GNP Gross National Product

HTCI Harmful Tax Competition Initiative

IASB International Accounting Standards Board

IBCs International Business Companies

ITIO International Trade and Investment Organisation

NAO National Audit Office (UK)

NITs Non-Independent Territories