ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS ACCA Association of Chartered Certified Accountants ACP-EU Africa Caribbean Pacific–European Union AfDB African Development Bank AGF Africa Governance Forum AGOA African Growth and Opportunity Act AIDS Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome ALE Association of Lesotho Employers AMCEN African Ministerial Conference on the Environment ANC African National Congress APR African Peer Review APRM African Peer Review Mechanism ART antiretroviral therapy AU African Union BCG Bacillus Calmette-Guérin BCP Basutoland Congress Party BEDCO Basotho Enterprises Development Corporation BLNS Botswana, Lesotho, Namibia and Swaziland BNP Basotho National Party BOS Bureau of Statistics CAADP Comprehensive Africa Agricultural Development Programme CAS Centre for Accounting Studies CBL Central Bank of Lesotho CBO community-based organisation CCA Common Country Assessment CEDAW Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women CEO chief executive officer CET Common External Tariff CFR Commander of the Order of the Federal Republic of Nigeria CGM China Garment Manufacturing CHAL Christian Health Association of Lesotho CMA Common Monetary Area xix