| DAO | Department Administrative Order |
| denr | Department of Environmental and Natural Resources |
| eia | Environmental impact Assessment |
| iee | Initial Environmental Examination |
| aadt | Annual Average Daily Traffic |
| aagr | Annual Average Growth Rate |
| adb | Asian Development Bank |
| adz | Area Development Zone |
| aidab | Australian International Development Assistance Bureau |
| armm | Autonomous Region of Muslim Mindanao |
| asean | Association of Southeast Asian Nations |
| ato | Air Transportation Office |
| bcd | Business Center Davao |
| bfpe | Barrels Fuel-Oil Equivalent |
| bimp-eaga | Brunei-Indonesia-Malaysia-Philippines East ASEAN Growth Area |
| bod | Board of Directors |
| bpp | Build-Operate-Own |
| bpt | Bureau of Transportation |
| bwsa | Barangay Waterworks and Sanitation Association |
| cab | Civil Aeronautics Board |
| camp | Civil Aviation Master Plan |
| cbd | Central Business District |
| cbfm | Community Based Forest Management |
| daneco | Davao del Norte Electric Cooperative, Inc. |
| dasureco | Davao del Sur Electric Cooperative, Inc. |
| dbm | Department of Budget and Management |
| dbp | Development Bank of the Philippines |
| dcwd | Davao City Water District |
| dda | Davao Development Authority |
| denr | Department of Environment and Natural Resources |
| dia | Davao International Airport |
| DIADP | Davao International Airport Development Project |
| DICTF | Davao City International Container Terminal Facilities |
| didp | Davao Integrated Development Program |
| DIDPMP | Davao Integrated Development Program Master Plan |
| dilg | Department of Interior and Local Government |
| dlpc | Davao Light and Power Corporation |
| doe | Department of Energy |
| dof | Department of Finance |
| doh | Department of Health |
| doreco | Davao Oriental Electric Cooperative, Inc. |
| dost | Department of Science and Technology |
| dotc | Department of Transportation and Communication |
| dpwh | Department of Public Works and Highways |
| dsm | Demand Side Management |
| dti | Department of Trade and Industry |
| ducc | Davao Union Cement Corporation |
| ece | Energy Consumption Elasticity |
| edc | Energy Development Corporation |
| eib | European Investment Bank |
| epz | Export Processing Zone |
| er | Electrification Ratio |
| erb | Energy Regulatory Board |
| gdp | Gross Domestic Product |
| grdp | Gross Regional Domestic Product |
| gsc | General Santos City |
| higc | Home Insurance and Guarantee Corporation |
| hlurb | Housing and Land Use Regulatory Board |
| hpi | Hijo Plantation, Inc. |
| hudcc | Housing and Urban Development Coordination Council |
| ibrd | International Bank for Reconstruction and Development |
| iec | Information and Education Campaign |
| ifma | Industrial Forest Management Agreement |
| iou | Investor Owned Utilities |
| ipp | Independent Power Procedures |
| iqs | Industrial Questionnaire Survey |
| ira | Internal Revenue Allotment |
| jica | Japan International Cooperation Agency |
| legoil | Legaspi Oil Company, Inc. |
| lgu | Local Government Unit |
| lrt | Light Railway Transit |
| ltfrb | Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board |
| lto | Land Transportation Office |
| LWUA | Local Water Utilities Administration |
| marina | Maritime Industry Authority |
| mbn | Minimum Basic Needs |
| MEO | Municipal Engineer's Office |
| mmbfoe | Million Barrels of Fuel-Oil Equivalent |
| mnlf | Moro National Liberation Front |
| mpdo | Municipal Planning and Development Office |
| mtbs | Mindanao Terminal Brokerage Services, Inc. |
| ncr | National Capital Region |
| nea | National Electrification Administration |
| neda | National Economic Development Authority |
| ngo | Non-Governmental Organization |
| nia | National Irrigation Administration |
| nluc | National Land Use Committee |
| npc | National Power Corporation |
| npfd | National Physical Framework Plan |
| ntcp | National Traffic Count Program |
| nwrb | National Water Resources Board |
| odo | Original Destination |
| oda | Official Development Assistance |
| oecf | Overseas Economic Cooperation Fund |
| pacinter | Pacific International Terminal, Inc. |
| pagasa | Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Service Administration |
| paic | Provincial Agri-Industrial Center |
| pcmi | Per Capita Municipal Income |
| pdo | Port District Office |
| peo | Provincial Engineer's Office |
| pep | Philippine Energy Plan |
| peza | Philippine Economic Zone Authority |
| pgsep | Philippine German Solar Energy Project |
| pmo | Port Management Office |
| pnoc | Philippine National Oil Corporation |
| ppa | Philippine Port Authority |
| ppdo | Provincial Planning and Development Office |
| puv | Public Utility Vehicle |
| Raic | Regional Agri-Industrial Center |
| rdc | Regional Development Council |
| rdf | Residue Derived Fuel |
| rdip | Regional Development Investment Program |
| rec | Regional Electric Cooperatives |
| reredp | Rural Electrification and Renewable Energy Development Program |
| ric | Regional Industrial Center |
| rpfp | Regional Physical Framework Plan |
| rwsa | Rural Waterworks and Sanitation Association |
| scbcs | Solar Central Battery Charging System |
| sep | Special Energy Program |
| sez | Special Economic Zone |
| socsksargen | South Cotabato-Sultan Kudarat-Saranggani-General Santos City |
| swim | Small Water Impounding Management |
| tadeco | Tagum Agricultural Development Corporation, Inc. |
| tefasco | Terminal Facilities and Services Corporation |
| tss | Total Suspended Solids |
| uhlp | Unified Housing Lending Program |
| undp | United Nations Development Program |
| unicef | United Nations Children's Fund |
| wb | World Bank |
| wba | World Bank Atlas |
| wd | Water Districts |
| wrr | Water Resources Region |