ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS PPU Procurement Policy Unit PRS Poverty Reduction Strategy PRSP Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper PSLE Primary School Leaving Examinations PSRP Public Sector Reform Programme PWDs Persons Living with Disabilities RALG Regional Administration and Local Government RAS Regional Administrative Secretaries RCC Regional Consultative Council RECs Regional Economic Communities REDD Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation REPOA Research on Poverty Alleviation RFSS Rural Financial Service Strategy RSs Regional Secretariats SACCOS Savings and Credit Cooperative Societies SADC Southern African Development Community SADCC Southern Africa Development Co-ordination Conference SAP Structural Adjustment Programmes SASES Selective Accelerated Salary Enhancement Scheme SED Socio-economic Development SEDP Secondary Education Development Plan SOEs State-Owned Enterprises STAMICO State Mining Corporation STD Standard SWO Social Welfare Officers TANU Tanganyika African National Union TATs Technical Assessment Teams TAYOA Tanzania Youth Alliance TAZARA Tanzania-Zambia Railway Authority TB Tuberculosis TCDD Tanzania Coalition on Debt and development TFAS Tanzania Financial Accounting Standards TGNP Tanzania Gender Networking Programmme TIRA Tanzania Insurance Regulatory Authority TISS Tanzania Intelligence and Security Service TMAA Tanzania Minerals Audit Agency xxv