BAU – business as usual
CPCB – India’s Central Pollution Control Board
CSD – The United Nations Commission on Sustainable Development
DLG – development-led globalization
EKC – Environmental Kuznets Curve
ERZ – early reform zones
FDI – foreign direct investment
GATS – The General Agreement on Trade in Services
GDP – gross domestic product
GNI – gross national income
HDI – human development index
IFI – international financial institutions
ILO – International Labor Organization
IMF – International Monetary Fund
LDC – less developed countries
MNC – multinational corporations
MoEF – India’s Ministry of Environment and Forests
OECD – Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development
PPP – public private partnership
PTA – preferential trade agreements
QOL – quality of life
ROI – return on investment
SAP – structural adjustment policy
SEZ – special economic zones
SOE – state owned enterprise
UNCTAD – United Nations Conference on Trade and Development
UNCED – United Nations Conference on Environment and Development
WCED – World Commission on Environment and Development
WTO – World Trade Organization
