AIDS | Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome |
ACC/SCN | Subcommittee on Nutrition of the UN Administrative Committee on Coordination |
BMI | Body mass index |
CGE | Computable general equilibrium |
CYSD | Centre for Youth and Social Development |
DAWN | Development Alternatives with Women for a New Era |
DfID | Department for International Development |
DHS | Demographic and Health Survey |
GDI | Gender Development Index |
GDP | Gross Domestic Product |
GEM | Gender Empowerment Measure |
GMS | Gender Management System |
GNP | Gross National Product |
GRB | Gender-responsive budget |
HDI | Human Development Index |
HDR | Human Development Report |
HIPC | Highly Indebted Poor Countries |
HIV | Human Immunodeficiency Virus |
IDRC | International Development Research Centre |
IDTs | International Development Targets |
IFAD | International Fund for Agricultural Development |
ILO | International Labour Organization |
IMF | International Monetary Fund |
I-PRSP | Interim Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper |
JSRs | Juvenile sex ratios |
LDCs | Least Developed Countries |
MDB | Multilateral development bank |
MDGs | Millennium Development Goals |
MFIs | Micro-finance institutions |
NGO | Non-governmental organisation |
NIUA | National Institute of Urban Affairs |
NSS | National Sample Survey |
NTAEs | Non-traditional agricultural exports |
NUDE | National Union of Domestic Employees |
ODA | Official development assistance |
OECD | Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development |
PPA | Participatory Poverty Assessment |
PR | Proportional representation |
PRA | Participatory Rural Appraisal |
PRSP | Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper |
RSW | Relative Status of Women |
SAPs | Structural adjustment policies |
SEWA | Self-Employed Women’s Association |
SNA | System of National Accounts |
STI | Sexually transmitted infection |
UN | United Nations |
UNDP | United Nations Development Programme |
UNICEF | United Nations Children’s Fund |
UNIFEM | United Nations Development Fund for Women |
UNRISD | United Nations Research Institute for Social Development |
WBI | Women’s Budget Initiative |
WDR | World Development Report |
WHO | World Health Organization |
WIEGO | Women in Informal Employment Globalizing and Organizing |
WILPF | Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom |
