WARDA
West Africa Rice Development Association
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WB
World Bank - Acts as an implementing agency for the GEF.
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WBCSD
World Business Council for Sustainable Development
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WCIA
Welsh Centre for International Affairs
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WCFSD
World Conservation on Forests and Sustainable Development
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WCMC
World Conservation Monitoring Centre
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WCST
Wildlife Conservation Society of Tanzania
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WDM
World Development Movement
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WFC
World Food Council
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WFP
World Food Programme
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WfW
Working for Water Programme
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WHA
World Health Assembly
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WHO
World Health Organisation
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WHO/epi
World Health Organisation's Expanded Programme on Immunisation
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WHO/GPA
World Health Organisation's Global Programme on AIDS
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WIDER
World Institute for Development Economics Research
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WIPO
World Intellectual Property Organization (UN)
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WMO
World Meteorological Organisation
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World Bank
A major multilateral funder. The World Bank finances projects primarily through two of its branches: the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD) and the International Development Association (IDA). Both entities lend funds, provide economic advice and technical assistance, and serve as a catalyst for other investment. They differ in that the IBRD borrows on world capital markets to finance its lending activity, while the IDA provides assistance to the poorest countries, largely based on resources provided by its more wealthy members and transfers from IBRD net income (profits).
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WRI
World Resources Institute
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WSSD
World Summit on Sustainable Development
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WUS
World University Service
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WTO
World Trade Organization
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WWF
World Wide Fund for Nature (World Wildlife Fund in the US and Canada)
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