Abbreviations

ABM Agent-Based Modeling

ART Initiative Articulation of Territorial and Thematic Networks

of Cooperation for Human Development

BSS Basic Social Services

CA Capability Approach

CBR Community-Based Rehabilitation

DEA Data Envelopment Analysis

DFID Department for International Development (United

Kingdom)

EC European Commission

ED Economic Dimension

EU European Union

EURADA European Association of Development Agencies

FDI Foreign Direct Investment

FGD Focus Group Discussion

GPG Global Public Good

GTZ German Technical Cooperation

HD Human Development

HDI Human Development Index

HDR Human Development Report

HEGOA Instituto de Estudios sobre Desarrollo y

Cooperation Internacional

HLF High-Level Forum on Aid Effectiveness

ICT Information and Communication Technology

IE Impact Evaluation

IDB Inter-American Development Bank

IFDA International Foundation for Development

Alternatives

ILO International Labour Organization

ILS LEDA International Links and Services for Local Economic

Development Agencies

IMF International Monetary Fund

LDS Local Development System

LEDA Local Economic Development Agency

MDGs Millennium Development Goals

MLG Multilevel Governance

MNC Multi-National Corporation

NCC National Coordination Committee

NGO Non-Governmental Organization

OECD Organization for Economic Co-operation and

Development

PPP Public-Private Partnership

PRSP Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper

PwD Person with Disability

RDA Regional Development Agency

REDASP Regional Economic Development Agency for

Sumadija and Pomoravlje

R&D Research and Development

SD Social-political-civil dimension

SDGs Sustainable Development Goals

SENPLADES Secretarla Nacional de Planificacion y Desarrollo de Ecuador

SEM Structural Equation Modeling

SFGD Structured Focus Group Discussion

SHD Sustainable Human Development

SMEs Small and Medium Enterprises

SNA Social Network Analysis

STEHD Sustainable Territorial Evolution for Human

Development

UCLG United Cities and Local Governments

UN United Nations

UNDP United Nations Development Programme

UNIDO United Nations Industrial Development

Organization

WB World Bank