| ACHPR | African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights |
| ACHPR | African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights |
| ACORD | Agency for Co-operation and Research in Development |
| ADB | Asian Development Bank |
| AFDB | African Development Bank |
| AGFE | Advisory Group on Forced Evictions (UN-HABITAT) |
| APMEN | Asia Pacific Migration and Environment Network |
| ASEAN | Association of South-East Asian Nations |
| BPR | Berkeley Political Review |
| CABEI | Central American Bank for Economic Integration |
| CECOP | Council of Communal Land Owners and Communities Against Construction of La Parota Dam |
| CIDPs | Conflict-Induced Internally Displaced People |
| CID | Conflict-Induced Displacement |
| CIDR | Conservation-Induced Displacement and Resettlement |
| COHRE | Centre on Housing Rights and Evictions |
| CPRs | common property resources |
| CRAB | Regional Commission Against Large Dams in Brazil |
| CRSR | United Nations Convention relating to the Status of Refugees |
| CSR | corporate social responsibility |
| DAC | Development Assistance Committee (OECD) |
| DCD | Development Cooperation Directorate (OECD) |
| DFDR | Development Forced Displacement and Resettlement |
| DIDR | Development-Induced Displacement and Resettlement |
| DIDPs | Development-Induced Displaced People |
| DIDPTB | Development-Induced Displaced People To Be |
| DIDS | Dam-Induced Displacements |
| DIDR | Development-Induced Displacement and Resettlement |
| DPs | Displaced Persons |
| EBRD | European Bank for Reconstruction and Development |
| ECOSOC | Economic and Social Council of The United Nations |
| ECOWAS | The Economic Community Of West African States |
| ECHO | Humanitarian Aid Department of the European Commission |
| EDP | Environmentally Displaced Persons |
| EIA | Environmental Impact Assessment |
| ENGOs | Environmental Non Governmental Organization |
| ERN | European Rivers Network |
| ERTB | environmental-refugee-to-be |
| ESCAP | Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific |
| FAO | Food and Agriculture Organization |
| FMR | Forced Migration Review |
| FRLAN | Fahamu Refugee Legal Aid Newsletter |
| FUNAI | The National Indian Foundation (Brazil) |
| GFMD | Global Forum on Migration and Development |
| GAP | Southeastern Anatolia Project |
| GAP-RDA | Southern Anatolia Project Regional Development Administration |
| GTRP | Gwembe Tonga Research Project |
| HRAD | Human Rights Approach to Development |
| HWR | Human Rights Watch |
| IAP | International Accountability Project |
| IASFM | International Association for the Study of Forced Migration |
| IBRD | International Bank for Reconstruction and Development |
| ICC | International Criminal Court |
| ICCAs | Indigenous and community conserved areas |
| ICCPR | International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights |
| ICESCR | International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights |
| ICJ | International Court of Justice |
| ICOLD | The International Commission of Large Dams |
| IDA | International Development Association |
| IDA | International Development Agency |
| IDB | Inter-American Development Bank |
| IDMC | Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre |
| IDPs | Internally Displaced Persons |
| IDW | Internally Displaced Women |
| IFC | International Finance Corporation |
| IIED | International Institute for Environment and Development |
| IJRL | International Journal of Refugee Law |
| ILA | International Law Association |
| ILC | International Law Commission |
| ILO | International Labour Organisation |
| ILO 169 | International Labour Organization's Convention No 169, on Indigenous and Tribal Peoples |
| IMF | International Monetary Fund |
| INDR | International Network on Displacement and Resettlement |
| IOM | International Organization for Migration |
| IPCC | Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change |
| IPSA | Initial Poverty and Social Analysis |
| IR | Involuntary Resettlement |
| IRN | International Rivers Network |
| IRR | Impoverishment Risks and. Reconstruction Model |
| ISS | Indian Social Institute |
| IUCN | International Union for Conservation of Nature |
| JBIC | Japan Bank for International Cooperation |
| JBNQA | James Bay and Northern Quebec Agreement |
| JCIDP | Jamuna Char Integrated Development Project |
| JRS | Journal of Refugee Studies |
| LARAP | The Land Acquisition and Resettlement Action Plan |
| MAB–Sul | Movement of People Affected by Dams–Southern Region in Brazil |
| MAPDER | Mexican Movement of Those Affected by Dams and in Defense of Rivers |
| MDB | Multilateral Development Banks |
| MDGs | Millennium Development Goals |
| MIDR | Mining-Induced Displacement and Resettlement |
| MIGA | Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency |
| MOSOP | Movement for the Survival of the Ogoni People |
| NBA | Narmada Bachao Andolan |
| NESRC | North Eastern Social Research Centre |
| NGO | Non Governmental Organization |
| NPRR | National Policy on Rehabilitation and Resettlement |
| NRCR | National Research Centre on Resettlement (Nanjing, China) |
| NVDA | Narmada Valley Development Authority |
| OCHA | Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs |
| OD4.30 | Operational Directive 4.30 on Involuntary Resettlement |
| OECD | Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development |
| OECD/DAC | Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development / Development Assistance Committee |
| OECF | Overseas Economic Cooperation Fund |
| OHCHR | Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights |
| OLS | Operation Lifeline Sudan |
| PAs | Protected Areas |
| PAFs | Project Affected Families |
| PAPs | Project-Affected Peoples |
| PDR | People's Democratic Republic |
| RAPs | Resettlement Action Plans |
| RAPs | Resettlement Affected People |
| RSC | Refugee Studies Centre (University of Oxford) |
| RSQ | Refugee Survey Quarterly |
| SA | Social Assessment |
| SEZs | Special Economic Zones (India) |
| SIDA | Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency |
| SOPEMI | Système d'observation permanente des migrations |
| SSP | Sardar Sarovar Project |
| TVA | Tennessee Valley Authority |
| UDHR | Universal Declaration of Human Rights |
| UNDP | United Nations Development Programme |
| UNDRIP | United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples |
| UNEP | United Nations Environmental Programme |
| UNESCO | United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization |
| UN | United Nations |
| UNCESCR | United Nations Committee on Economic Social and Cultural Rights |
| UN DESA | United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs |
| UNGA | United Nations General Assembly |
| UNHCR | United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees |
| UNHCR PDES | UNHCR's Policy Development and Evaluation Service |
| UN-Habitat | United Nations Human Settlements Programme |
| UNISDR | United Nations International Strategy for Disaster Reduction |
| UNOCHA | United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs |
| UNRISD | United Nations Research Institute for Social Development |
| UNSD | United Nations Statistic Division |
| UNTS | United Nations Treaty Series |
| UNU | United Nations University |
| USAID | U.S. Agency for International Development |
| WBCSD | World Business Council for Sustainable Development |
| WBED | World Bank Environment Department |
| WBG | World Bank Group |
| WBR | World Bank Review of Projects Involving Involuntary Resettlement 1986–1993 |
| WCD | World Commission on Dams |
| WCED | World Commission on Environment and Development |
| WCPA | IUCN World Commission on Protected Areas |
| WCS | Wildlife Conservation Society |
| WFP | World Food Programme |
| WHO | World Health Organization |
| WREA | Water Resources and Environment Agency |
| WRI | World Resources Institute |
| WTO | World Trade Organization |
| WWF | World Wide Fund for Nature |
| VRA | Volta River Authority |
| VRW | Village Resettlement Worker |
