Sustainable Social Development in a Period of Rapid Globalization: Challenges, Opportunities and Policy Options

ACRONYMS

• ADB – Asian Development Bank
• ADBI – Asian Development Bank Institute
• AIDS – acquired immunodeficiency syndrome
• ASEAN – Association of Southeast Asian Nations
• CSO – civil society organization
• FAO – Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
• FDI – Foreign direct investment
• GDP – gross domestic product
• GNP – gross national product
• HIV – human immunodeficiency virus
• ICT – information and communications technology
• IDRC – International Development Research Centre
• IFAD – International Fund for Agricultural Development
• ILO – International Labour Organization
• IMF – International Monetary Fund
• IOM – International Organization for Migration
• NGO – non-governmental organization
• NIE – newly industrialized economy
• ODA – official development assistance
• OECD – Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development
• UNAIDS – Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS
• UNCTAD – United Nations Conference on Trade and Development
• UNDP – United Nations Development Programme
• UNESCO – United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
• UNHCR – Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
• UNICEF – United Nations Children’s Fund
• UNIDO – United Nations Industrial Development Organization
• WHO – World Health Organization
• WTO – World Trade Organization