List of Acronyms

ADB	Asian Development Bank
AIDS	Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome
AUD	Australian Dollar
AusAID	Australian Agency for International Development
EC	European Commission
EIB	European Investment Bank
GDP	Gross Domestic Product
GEF	Global Environment Facility
GNI	Gross National Income
HIV	Human Immunodeficiency Virus
ICT	Information and Communication Technologies
IDA	International Development Association
IFC	International Finance Corporation (of the World Bank Group)
IWG	Infrastructure Working Group
MDGs	Millennium Development Goals
M&E	Monitoring and Evaluation
NGO	Non Governmental Organisation
NZD	New Zealand Dollar
NZMFAT	New Zealand Aid Programme within the New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade
OBA	Output-based aid
ODA	Official Development Assistance
PBA	Program Based Approach
PEC	Pacific Environment Community
PEFA	Public Expenditure and Financial Accountability
PFM	Public Financial Management
PFTAC	Pacific Financial Technical Advisory Centre
PIAC	Pacific Infrastructure Advisory Centre
PIDG	Private Infrastructure Development Group
PIFS	Pacific Island Forum Secretariat
PIPSO	Pacific Island Private Sector Organisation
PITA	Pacific Island Telecommunications Association
PPA	Pacific Power Association
PPTA	Project preparation technical assistance
PPIAF	Public-Private Infrastructure Advisory Facility
PRIF	Pacific Region Infrastructure Facility
RCF	Recurrent cost financing
REEEP	Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Partnership
SOPAC	South Pacific Applied Geosciences Commission
SPC	Secretariat of the Pacific Community
SPREP	South Pacific Regional Environment Programme
SWAps	Sector wide approaches
TA	Technical assistance
TOR	Terms of Reference
USD	United States of America Dollar
WB	World Bank
WoG	Whole-of-Government

Fast Fact #1

PRIF is an initiative jointly supported by:

Asian Development Bank (ADB)
Australian Agency for International Development (AusAID)
European Commission (EC)
European Investment Bank (EIB)
New Zealand Government via the New Zealand Aid Programme (NZMFAT)
World Bank Group (WBG)

Fast Fact #3

PRIF aims to help improve infrastructure outcomes in the following economic infrastructure sectors:

Energy
Telecommunications
Transport (land, sea, air)
Waste Management
Water and Sanitation

Fast Fact #2

PRIF provides support to:

Cook Islands
Federated States of Micronesia
Kiribati
Republic of Marshall Islands
Nauru
Niue
Palau
Samoa
Solomon Islands
Tonga
Tuvalu
Vanuatu

Fast Fact #5

Partner countries are encouraged to engage with the PRIF partners by having:

a single government agency responsible for the coordination of other agencies and for contact with PRIF development partners.
a process to sort out infrastructure priorities and lead development partners
a roadmap for future investment in economic infrastructure