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Also known as Budgetary Assistance

Budget Support is a form of programmatic aid in which funds are provided

• in support of a government programme that focuses on growth and poverty reduction and the transformation of institutions, especially budgetary or 

Technical co-operation is the provision of advice and/or skills in the form of specialist personnel, training and scholarship, grants for research and associated costs.

ICT Term
Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line

The most common form of DSL, a broadband internet access method which provides a high-bandwidth internet connection using an existing fixed-line telephone. Unfortunately, this is only available if your telecommunications provider has installed special equipment in what has to be an electronic telephone exchange and you live within a fairly short distance (no more than 3 or so kilometres) from that exchange. In practice, this is only available in a number of metropolitan areas.

A method of grant-making practiced by some foundations.

Leverage occurs when a small amount of money is given with the express purpose of attracting funding from other sources or of providing the organisation with the tools it needs to raise other kinds of funds.

Abbreviation for Customer Relationship Management System
A software solution that manages the relationships of a business with its clients or customers. This includes not only   invoicing but also quotations, sales management, marketing and information exchange.

Also abbreviated as GDP.

The total value of goods and services produced within a country.

Bilateral aid is provided to developing countries and countries in transition on the Development Assistance Committee List on a country to country basis, and to institutions, usually in Britain, working in fields related to these countries.

 A corporate (company-sponsored) foundation is a private foundation that derives its grant-making funds primarily from the contributions of a profit-making business. The company-sponsored foundation often maintains close ties with the donor company, but is a separate, legal organisation, sometimes with its own endowment, and is subject to the same rules and regulations as other private foundations. There are more than 2,000 corporate foundations in the United States holding some $11 billion in assets.

A voluntary report published by a foundation or corporation describing its grant activities. It may be a simple, typed document listing the year's grants or an elaborately detailed publication. A growing number of foundations and corporations use an annual report as an effective means of informing the community about their contributions, activities, policies and guidelines. (The annual contributions report is not to be confused with a corporation's annual report to the stockholders.)

A chronological pattern of proposal review, decision-making and applicant notification. Some donor organisations make grants at set intervals (quarterly, semi-annually, etc.), while others operate on an annual cycle.

Previously known as Gross National Product (GNP.)
Gross National Income comprises the total value of goods and services produced within a country (i.e. its Gross Domestic Product), together with income received from other countries (notably interest and dividends), less similar payments made to other countries.

A loan or other investment made by a private foundation to a profit-making or non-profit organisation for a project related to the foundation's stated purpose and interests. Programme- related investments are an exception to the general rule, barring jeopardy investments. Programme-related investments are often made from a revolving fund; the foundation generally expects to receive its money back with limited, or below-market interest which  will then provide additional funds for loans to other organisations. A programme-related investment may be used for loan guarantees, the purchase of stock or other kinds of financial support.

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A copy of data/information. It is essential that a backup is made on a regular basis and kept in a safe place. If all computers are stolen or physical damage happens to your building, chances are high that your backup will also disappear if it is stored in the same building. Usually cost-effective backups can be done using removable data storage devices such as a portable hard drive. It is important to have a nice, easy-to-use software system that automates the backup procedure or else staff members are likely to skip, forget or ignore backup procedures and guidelines. Remember that, despite the general reliability and robustness of computer technology, it is not an issue of whether or not you will ever lose your data: it is a matter of WHEN. You are guaranteed to lose data some time in the foreseeable future and, unlike hardware which can easily be replaced, it is virtually impossible to reconstruct large amounts of data when lost. Equally important is to check occasionally to see if the backup can be restored. One known company backed up all its data every Friday for many years. Eventually a disaster happened and when they wanted to restore the data, they discovered that no actual data had ever been saved on the backup device due to an incorrect software option setting.

A sector wide approach is a process that entails all significant donor funding for a sector supporting a single, comprehensive sector policy and expenditure programme, consistent with a sound macro-economic framework, under recipient government leadership. Donor support for a sector wide approach can take any form project aid, technical assistance or budgetary support although there should be a commitment to progressive reliance on government procedures to disburse and account for all funds as these procedures are strengthened.

Least Developed Countries are those assessed as having particularly severe long-term constraints to development. Inclusion on the list of Least Developed Countries is now assessed on two main criteria: economic diversity and quality of life.

Financial Aid in the wider sense is defined as a grant or loan of money which is the subject of a formal agreement with the recipient government or institution. In practice, it is all bilateral aid except for technical co-operation and administrative costs.