Abbreviations:
AfDB African Development Bank
ALMPs Active Labour Market Programmes
ADB Asian Development Bank
ASDP Afghanistan Skills Development Project
BEST Business and Enterprise Start-up Tool
COMCEC The Standing Committee for Economic and Commercial Cooperation of the OIC
CSR Corporate Social Responsibility
DWCPs Decent Work Country Programmes
ECAM Cameroon Household Survey
ELA Programme for Enhancement of Literacy in Afghanistan
EGS Employment Guarantee Scheme
EGPP The Employment Generation Program for the Poorest
EU European Union
FNE The National Employment Fund
GDP Gross Domestic Product
GIC Common Initiative Groups
HIPC Heavily Indebted Poor Countries Fund
HRDF The Human Resources Development Fund
IDA International Development Agency
IFIs International Financial Institutions
IGAs Income Generating Activities
ILO International Labor Organisation
IsDB Islamic Development Bank
ITC Instructor Training Centre
JPCs Job Placement Centres
MENA Middle East and North Africa
MCLS The Ministry of Co-operatives, Labour and Social Welfare
MGLSD The Ministry of Gender, Labour and Social Development
MoL The Ministry of Labor
NDTS The National Dual Training System
NGOs Non-Governmental Organisations
NUYEP Northern Ugandan Youth Enterprise Partnership
OECD The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
OIC Organisation of Islamic Cooperation
PES Public Employment Service
PISA Program for International Student Assessment
PLA Platform for Labour Action
PWD Programme for People with Disabilities
PWP Public Works Programme
SACCOs Savings and Investment Clubs and Savings and Credit Co-operatives
SAILD Services D’appui aux Initiatives Locales de Développement
SESRIC Statistical, Economic and Social Research and Training Centre for Islamic Countries
SPRPB Sub-Programme for Poverty Reduction at the Grassroots
SSN Social Safety Net
TEKUN
TEP Territorial Employment Pact
TVET Technical Vocational Education & Training
TVTC Technical and Vocational Training Corporation
YIG Youth Interest Group
YLP Youth Livelihood Programme
UNDP United Nations Development Programme
UNICEF United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund