Abbreviations and acronyms

AFI

Alliance for Financial Inclusion

BAU

Business as usual

BPfA

Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action

CEDAW

Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women

CEPAL

Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe

CSO

civil society organisation

DHS

Demographic and Health Surveys

ECLAC

United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean

FAO

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

GDP

gross domestic product

GEO

Gender Equality Observatory for Latin America and the Caribbean

GID-DB

Gender, Institutions and Development Database

IDB

Inter-American Development Bank

IFC

International Finance Corporation

ILO

International Labour Organization

INEC

Institut National de l’Économie Circulaire

IPPF/WHR

International Planned Parenthood Federation/Western Hemisphere Region

ISIC

International Standard Industrial Classification of All Economic Activities

LAC

Latin America and the Caribbean

MESECVI

Inter-American Convention on the Prevention, Punishment, and Eradication of Violence against Women

NFIS

National Financial Inclusion Strategy

NGO

non-governmental organisation

NHS

National Household Survey

NSOsOECD

National Statistical Offices

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development

PAHO

Pan American Health Organization

PPP

Purchasing Power Parity

SDG

Sustainable Development Goal

SIGI

Social Institutions and Gender Index

STD

sexually transmitted disease

STI

sexually transmitted infection

UN

United Nations

UN Women

United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women

UNDP

United Nations Development Programme

UNFPA

United Nations Population Fund

UNHCR

United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees

UNICEF

United Nations Children’s Fund

UNODC

United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime

USAID

United States Agency for International Development

WHO

World Health Organization

WVS

World Values Survey

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