| AALS | Affirmative Action Loan Scheme |
| AIDS | Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome |
| ART | Anti-retroviral Therapy |
| BoN | Bank of Namibia |
| CBS | Central Bureau of Statistics |
| CCA | Common Country Assessment |
| CoE | Colleges of Education |
| CSO | Central Statistics Office |
| DHS | Demographic and Health Survey |
| DOTS | Directly Observed Treatment Short-course |
| ECD | Early Childhood Development |
| EMIS | Education Management Information System |
| EmOC | Emergency Obstetric Care |
| EMU | Emergency Management Unit |
| EPI | Expanded Programme on Immunisation |
| ESPAG | Education Sector Planning and Advisory Group |
| FAO | Food and Agriculture Organisation |
| GDP | Gross Domestic Product |
| GE | Gastroenteritis |
| GER | Gross Enrolment Rate |
| GRN | Government of the Republic of Namibia |
| HIV | Human Immuno-deficiency Virus |
| IFAD | International Fund for Agricultural
Development |
| ILO | International Labour Organisation |
| IMCI | Integrated Management of Childhood
Illnesses |
| IMF | International Monetary Fund |
| IPPR | Institute for Public Policy Research |
| ITN | Insecticide-treated Net |
| JSCE | Junior Secondary Certificate
Examination |
| LAC | Legal Assistance Centre |
| MAWRD | Ministry of Agriculture, Water and Rural
Development |
| MBESC | Ministry of Basic Education, Sport and
Culture |
| MDG | Millennium Development Goal |
| MDGR | Millennium Development Goals Report |
| MET | Ministry of Environment and Tourism |
| MFA | Ministry of Foreign Affairs |
| MFMR | Ministry of Fisheries and Marine Resources |
| MHETEC | Ministry of Higher Education, Training
and Employment Creation |
| MITI | Ministry of Trade and Industry |
| MLRR | Ministry of Lands, Resettlement and
Rehabilitation |
| MOF | Ministry of Finance |
| MOHSS | Ministry of Health and Social Services |
| MOL | Ministry of Labour |
| MRLGH | Ministry of Regional and Local
Government and Housing |
| MT | Metric Tonnes |
| MTEF | Medium Term Expenditure Framework |
| MTP | Medium-term Programme |
| MTPIII | National Strategic Plan on HIV/AIDS
(Third Medium Term Plan) |
| MWACW | Ministry of Women Affairs and Child
Welfare |
| NamPol | Namibian Police |
| NDP | National Development Plan |
| NEPRU | The Namibian Economic Policy
Research Unit |
| NER | Net Enrolment Rate |
| NGO | Non-governmental Organisation |
| NPC | National Planning Commission |
| NPCS | National Planning Commission
Secretariat |
| NPRAP | National Poverty Reduction Action Plan |
| ODA | Overseas Development Assistance |
| OECD | Organisation for Economic Cooperation
and Development |
| OPM | Office of the Prime Minister |
| OVC | Orphans and Vulnerable Children |
| PMTCT | Prevention of Mother-to-Child
Transmission |
| RC | Regional Council |
| REMU | Regional Emergency Management Unit |
| SACMEQ | Southern and Eastern Africa Consortium for
Monitoring Educational Quality |
| SACU | Southern Africa Customs Union |
| SADC | Southern African Development
Community |
| SIAPAC | Social Impact Assessment and Policy
Analysis Corporation |
| SMA | Social Marketing Association |
| SME | Small or Medium Enterprise |
| STI | Sexually Transmitted Infection |
| SWAPO | South West Africa People’s
Organisation |
| TB | Tuberculosis |
| UNAIDS | Joint United Nations Programme on
HIV/AIDS |
| UNAM | University of Namibia |
| UNDAF | United Nations Development Assistance
Framework |
| UNDP | United Nations Development
Programme |
| UNESCO | United Nations Education, Science and Culture Organisation |
| UNFPA | United Nations Population Fund |
| UNHCR | United Nations High Commission for
Refugees |
| UNICEF | United Nations Children's Fund |
| UNIFEM | United Nations Development Fund for Women |
| USD | United States Dollar1 |
| VCT | Voluntary Counselling and Testing |
| VTC | Vocational Training College |
| WFP | World Food Programme |
| WHO | World Health Organisation |
| 1 The 2003 average exchange rate was
N$1=US$0.133 and US$1=N$7.516 |