Glossary of terms used on this site

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AAAS

American Association for the Advancement of Science http://www.aaas.org/ United States

AAU

Addis Ababa University , Headquarters: Ethiopia , URL: www.aau.edu.et , TKBD:

AB/S

access and benefit sharing , Headquarters: , URL: , TKBD:

ACBI

Association of Consultants to the Bioscience Industries , Headquarters: United States , URL: www.acbi.org , TKBD: InBio

ACBI2

Africa Capacity Building Initiative , Headquarters: IMF , URL: www.imf.org/external/np/afr/2002/042302.htm , TKBD:

ACIAR

Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research , Headquarters: Australia , URL: www.aciar.gov.au , TKBD: CIEL

ACP

African, Caribbean and Pacific Countries (an EU Grouping) , Headquarters: European Union , URL: www.acpsec.org , TKBD: IWGIA

ACS

American Chemical Service , Headquarters: United States , URL: www.acs.org , TKBD: AIPSN

ACTS

African Centre for Technology Studies , Headquarters: Kenya , URL: www.acts.or.ke , TKBD:

ADB

Asian Development Bank - Provides numerous articles and updated events regarding IP, simply enter intellectual property into the SEARCH feature of their website. , Headquarters: Philippines, Manila , URL: www.adb.org , TKBD:

ADEA

Association for the Development of Education in Africa , Headquarters: , URL: www.adeanet.org , TKBD:

ADT

The German Association of Business Incubators and Technology Parks , Headquarters: Germany, Berlin , URL: www.adt-online.de , TKBD:

AERDC

Agricultural Extension and Rural Development Centre , Headquarters: Egypt , URL: www.aun.eun.eg/grre/oerdc.htm , TKBD:

AfDB

African Development Bank , Headquarters: Tunisia , URL: www.afdb.org , TKBD:

AFESD

Arab Fund for Economic and Social Development , Headquarters: Kuwait , URL: www.arabfund.org , TKBD: