# **Abbreviations and Acronyms**

|AAPAF|Association of Asian Performing|LSMS|Living Standards Measurement Study|
|---|---|---|---|
||Arts Festivals|MCR|Media Cultural Responsibility|
|ACCS|Association of Caribbean|MFN|<br>Most-Favored-Nation|
||Ciht Siti|MIGA|Mltiltl Itt Gt|
|ACP|opyrg ocees<br>The African Caribbean and Pacific||uaera nvesmen uaranee<br>Agency|
||,<br>Group of States|MPO|<br>Malaysian Philharmonic Orchestra|
|AFAC|<br>Arab Fund for Arts and Culture|MSA|<br>Metropolitan Statistical Area|
|AfDB|African Development Bank|NGOs|Nongovernmental Organizations|
|ADB|Asian Development Bank|NZIAF|New Zealand International Arts|
|<br>ANIM|<br>Afghanistan National Institute of||<br>Festival|
||<br>Music|OAS|Organization of American States|
|ARIPO|African Regional Intellectual<br>|OECD|<br>The Organisation for Economic<br>|
||Property Organization||Co-operation and Development|
|CAS|<br>Copyright Alert System|PAA|Pacific Arts Association|
|CBI|Country Brand Index|PETRONAS|Petroliam Nasional Berhad|
|CCI|Center for Copyright Information|R&D<br>|Research and Development<br>|
|CCSAs|Cross-Cutting Solution Areas|SAMRO|Southern African Music Rights|
|CCT|<br>Communal Consultation Table||Organization|
|CISAC|Confédération Internationale de|SAR|Special Administrative Region|
||d ́Auteurs et Compositeurs|SCD|Systematic Country Diagnostic|
||<br>(International Confederation of|SNA|<br>System of National Accounts|
||<br>Societies of Authors and Composers)|TfD|Theater for Development|
|CSR|<br>Corporate Social Responsibility|TRIPS|Trade-Related Aspects of<br>|
|DECDG|Development Economics Data||Intellectual Property Rights|
||<br>Group|TIPA|<br>Taiwan Intellectual Property|
|DECRG|<br>Development Economics||Training Academy<br>|
||Research Group|UIS|United Nations Education and|
|FBI|<br>Federal Bureau of Investigation||Cultural Organization Institute for|
|FY|Fiscal Year||Statistics|
|GATS|General Agreement on Trade in|UMG<br>|Universal Music Group<br>|
||Services|UN|United Nations|
|GDP|Gross Domestic Product|UNCTAD|UNITED Nations Conference o|
|GNP|Gross National Product||Trade and Development|
|INFED|Encyclopaedia of Informal<br>|UNDP|UNITED Nations Development<br>|
||Education||Program|
|IBRD|International Bank for|UNEP|United Nations Environment|
||Reconstruction and Development||Program|
|ICP|<br>International Comparison Program|UNESCO|<br>United Nations Education and|
|IFC|<br>International Finance Corporation||Cultural Organization|
|IFPI|<br>International Federation of the|UNODC|<br>United Nations Office on Drugs<br>|
||Phonographic Industry||and Crime|
|ILO|<br>International Labor Organization|UNSD|United Nations Statistics Division|
|IP|<br>Intellectual Property|USD|United States Dollar|
|IPR|<br>Intellectual Property Rights|WBG<br>|World Bank Group<br>|
|ISCO 2008|International Standard|WCF|World Culture Festival|
||<br>Classification of Occupations 2008|WDR15|World Development Report 2015|
|ISP|<br>Internet Service Provider|WDR16|World Development Report 2016|
|IT|Information Technolo|WIPO|World Intellectual Property|
|<br>JEL|gy<br>Journal of Economic Literature||<br>Organization|
|<br>KNOMAD|<br>Global Knowledge Partnership on|WTO|<br>World Trade Organization|
||<br>Migration and Development|WTTC|World Travel & Tourism Council|
|LDCs|Least Developed Countries|WVS|World Values Survey<br>iii|