List of Abbreviations
5SSeiri, Seiton, Seisou, Seiketsu, Shitsuke(Sort, Straighten, Shine, Systematize, Standardize/ Self-discipline)

AD

Authoritarian Developmentalism

ADLI

Agricultural Development Led Industrialization

APEC

Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation

BMEI

Basic Metal and Engineering Industry

BOB

Bureau of the Budget (Thailand)

BOF

Basic Oxygen Furnace

BPR

Business Process Re-engineering

CAD

Computer Aided Design

CAE

Computer Aided Engineering

CAM

Computer Aided Manufacturing

CEO

Chief Executive Officer

CNC

Computer Numerical Control

CSO

Civil Society Organization

CWG

Cluster Working GroupDBE

Development Bank of EthiopiaDD

Democratic Developmentalism

DFID

Department for International Development

DIE

Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik(German Development Institute)

DLP

Developmental Leadership Program

DRI

Direct Reduced Iron

EABMEI

Ethiopian Association of Basic Metals and Engineering Industry

EAFElectric Arc Furnace

ECBP

Engineering Capacity Building Program

EDRI

Ethiopian Development Research Institute

EEI

Electrical and Electronics Institute (Thailand)

EEPCO

Ethiopian Electric Power Corporation

EFY

Ethiopian Fiscal Year

EKI

Ethiopian Kaizen Institute

EPA

Economic Planning Agency

EPB

Economic Planning Board (Korea)

EPRDF

Ethiopian People’s Revolutionary Democratic Front

EPU

Economic Planning Unit (Malaysia)

EPZ

Export Processing Zone

ESC

Economic Strategies Committee

ESD

Eastern Seaboard Development (Thailand)

ESDC

Eastern Seaboard Development Committee (Thailand)

ETB

Ethiopian Birr (Currency)

EXIM

Export/Import

F/S

Feasibility Study

FAO

Food and Agriculture Organization

FDI

Foreign Direct Investment

FDRE

Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia

FILP

Fiscal Investment Loan Program

FPO

Fiscal Policy Office (Thailand)

FTI

Federal of Thai Industries

G20

Group of Twenty

GDC

German Development Cooperation

GDF

GRIPS Development ForumGDP

Gross Domestic Product

GIZ

Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit

GRIPS

National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies

GTP

Growth and Transformation Plan

GTZ

Deutsche Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit

HBM

Hollow Block Making Machine

HCIHeavy and Chemical Industry

HLF

High Level Forum

ICC

Industrial Coordination Council

ICT

Information and Communication Technology

ICU

Implementation and Coordination Unit（Malaysia)

IDA

International Development Association

IDE

Institute of Development Economies

IDS

Industrial Development Strategy

IFCT

Industrial Finance Corporation of Thailand

IMP

Industrial Master Plan (Malaysia)

IPD

Initiative for Policy Dialogue

IPIC

Industrial Policy and Incentive Committee (Malaysia)

IRP

Industrial Restructuring PlanISICInternational Standard Industrial Classification

ISOInternational Organization for Standardization

JBIC

Japan Bank for International Cooperation

JDB

Japan Development BankJETROJapan External Trade Organization

JICA

Japan International Cooperation Agency

JPPCC

National Joint Public and Private Consultative Committee (Thailand)

KDI

Korean Development Institute

KEDI

Korean Education Development Institute

KfW

Kreditanstalt für Wiederaufbau (Reconstruction Credit Institute)

KIHS

Korean Institute for Human Settlement

KREI

Korean Rural Economics Institute

KU

Kaizen Unit

LDP

Liberal Democratic Party

LLPTI

Leather and Leather Product Technology InstituteLME

Large and Medium Enterprise

M/Ps

Master Plans

MBC

Malaysian Business Council

MCI

Ministry of Commerce and Industry

MDGs

Millennium Development Goals

METI

Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry

MIDI

Metal Industry Development Institute

MIER

Malaysia Institute of Economic Research

MITI

Ministry of International Trade and Industry

MNC

Multinational Corporation

MOARD

Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (Ethiopia)

MOE

Ministry of Education (Ethiopia)

MOF

Ministry of Finance

MOFED

Ministry of Finance and Economic Development (Ethiopia)

MOI

Ministry of Industry (Ethiopia)（Thailand)

MOM

Ministry of Manpower (Singapore)

MOST

Ministry of Science and Technology

MOT

Ministry of Trade

MOTI

Ministry of Trade and Industry (Ethiopia)

MOUDC

Ministry of Urban Development and Construction (Ethiopia)

MPDC

Metal Products Development Center

MSCI

Management Systems Certification Institute (Thailand)

MSE

Micro and Small Enterprise

MTI

Ministry of Trade and Industry (Singapore)

MWMegawatt

NAC

National Action Council (Malaysia)

NDPC

National Development Planning Committee (Malaysia)

NEP

New Economic Policy (Malaysia)

NESDB

National Economic and Social Development Board (Thailand)

NFI

National Food Institute (Thailand)NGO

Non Governmental Organization

NPC

National Planning Council (Malaysia)

NPCEC

National Productivity and Continuing Education Council

NPO

Nonprofit Organization

ODA

Official Development Assistance

OESD

Office of the Eastern Seaboard Development Committee (Thailand)

OJT

On the Job Training

PASDEP

Plan for Accelerated and Sustained Development to End Poverty

PBS

Protection of Basic Service

PCFVPresidential Council for Future and Vision (Korea)

PDMO

Public Debt Management Office (Thailand)

PPD

Public-Private Dialogue

PPP

Public-Private Partnership

PSD

Private Sector Development (Ethiopia)

QA

Quality Assurance

QC

Quality Control

QCC

QC Circle

R&D

Research and Development

RM

Ringgit Malaysia (Currency)

SDPRP

Sustainable Development and Poverty Reduction Program

SEAISI

South East Asian Iron and Steel Institute

SEZ

Special Economic Zone

SME

Small and Medium EnterpriseSME Corp.

SME Corporation Malaysia

SMIDEC

Small and Medium Industries Development Corporation (Malaysia)

SOE

State-Owned Enterprise

STITF

Strategic Thrust and Initiative Task Force (Malaysia)

SWOT

Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, Threats

TAI

Thailand Automotive Institute (Thailand)

TAIA

Thai Automotive Industry Association

TAPMA

Thai Auto-Parts Manufacturers Association

TDRI

Thailand Development and Research Institute

TICA

Thailand International Development Cooperation Agency

TICAD IV

Forth Tokyo International Conference on African Development

TiO2

Titanium Oxides

TISI

Thai Industrial Standard Institute

TPLF

Tigray People's Liberation Front

TVET

Technical and Vocational Education and Training

UNUnited Nations

UNDP

United Nations Development Programme

UNIDO

United Nations Industrial Development Organization

USAID

United States Agency for International Development

USSR

Union of Soviet Socialist Republics

V2 O 5

Vanadium Pentoxide

VDF

Vietnam Development Forum

VM

Vice Minister

WCPCE

Working Committee for Productivity and Continuing Education

WTO

World Trade Organization

WW2Second World War