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Abbreviations B-BBEE
Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment (South Africa)
CEEC
Citizens Economic Empowerment Commission (Zambia)
COC
Certificate of Competency (United States)
FAR
Federal Acquisition Regulation (United States)
GDP
Gross domestic product
HDI
Historically Disadvantaged Individual (South Africa)
IFC
International Finance Corporation
ITC
International Trade Centre
MDGs
Millennium Development Goals
MSME
Micro, small and medium-sized enterprise
RBM
Results-based management
SBA
Small Business Administration (United States)
SME
Small and medium-sized enterprise
UNCITRAL
United Nations Commission on International Trade Law
UNDP
United Nations Development Programme
WTO
World Trade Organization
WTO GPA
World Trade Organization Agreement on Government Procurement