CDF is short for Constituency Development Fund. CDF is a tool of governance used in different countries to deliver development to Constituencies through the transfer of services and resources from the Centre to Constituencies. CDF in Zambia was first established in 1995 through the Local Government Act Cap 281 of the Laws of Zambia.

WDC is short for Ward Development Committee. These committees are the grass root link between the communities and the Local Authorities, they are formed in each ward through an electoral process in which residents of each particular ward select representatives among themselves to pick community leaders who will represent them in the handling of the affairs of community development.