Abbreviations
| ACAP | Annapurna Conservation Area Project |
| CBO | Community-based Organisation |
| BASE | Backward Society Education |
| CA | Community Activist |
| CCF | Credit Capital Fund |
| CDRC | Community Development Resource Centre |
| CF | Community Fund |
| CO | Community Officer |
| DDC | District Development Committee |
| DMC | District Management Committee |
| EC | Executive Committee |
| FG | Functional Group |
| GEF | Global Environment Facility |
| HRDF | Human Resource Development Fund |
| ICS | Improved Cooking Stoves |
| INGO | International Non-government Organisation |
| LOA | Letter of Agreement |
| PDDP | Participatory District Development Programme |
| MLD, | Ministry of Local Development |
| MoFSC | Ministry of Forest and Soil Conservation |
| NGO | Non-governmental Organisation |
| NPC | National Planning Commission |
| NPCS | National Planning Commission Secretariat |
| POP | Poorest of the Poor |
| PRA | Participatory Rural Appraisal |
| SCDP | Sustainable Community Development Programme |
| SDC | Sustainable Development Committee |
| SDF | Sustainable Development Facility |
| SDFF | Sustainable development Facility Fund |
| SDS | Sustainable Development Specialist |
| SGF | Seed Grant Fund |
| SGP | Small Grants Programme |
| so | Support Organisation |
| TBA | Traditional Birth Attendance |
| TOP | Terms of Partnership |
| UNDP | United Nations Development Programme |
| VDC | Village Development Committee |