Abbreviations and Acronyms

• Author: Courtney Blackman
• Pages: 21-23

INTRODUCTION

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AIDS: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome

BNB: Barbados National Bank

CD&W: Colonial Development and Welfare Act

CAP: Common Agricultural Policy

CARDI: Caribbean Agricultural, Research and Development

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CARIBCAN: Caribbean–Canadian Initiative

CARICAD: Caribbean Centre for Development Administration

CARICOM: Caribbean Community and Common Market

CARIFTA: Caribbean Free Trade Association

CARIRI: Caribbean Industrial Research Institute

CBI: Caribbean Basin Initiative

CDB: Caribbean Development Bank

CEO: Chief Executive Officer

CFF: Compensatory Financing Facility

CMCF: Caribbean Multilateral Clearing Facility

COMECON: Council for Mutual Economic Assistance (Also CMEA;

CEMA)

CRNM: Caribbean Regional Negotiating Machiner y

CSME: CARICOM Single Market and Economy

ECCB: Eastern Caribbean Central Bank

EDUTEC: Technical Education Programme

EEC: European Economic Community

EEZ: Exclusive Economic Zone

EFF: Extended Fund Facility

ABBREVIATIONS AND ACRONYMS