Abbreviations and acronyms
Agence Française de Développement, French Development Agency
Association of Family and Corporate Foundations
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development of Germany
Chief Executive Officer
Children’s Investment Fund Foundation
International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center
Civil society organisation
Cancer Research Centre
OECD Development Assistance Committee
OECD Development Co-operation Directorate
OECD Development Centre
Department for International Development of the United Kingdom
Development Impact Bonds
Development Partners Group
Dutch Postcode Lottery
European Foundation Centre
European Union
Female genital mutilation/cutting
German Agency for International Cooperation
Gross national income
Global Partnership for Education
Global Partnership for Effective Development Co-operation
Howard G. Buffet Foundation
High Net Worth Individual
Inter-American Development Bank
International Aid Transparency Initiative
International Bank for Reconstruction and Development
International Development Association
International Development Research Centre
International Finance Corporation
International Food Policy Research Institute
International Institute of Tropical Agriculture
International Monetary Fund
International non-governmental organisation
International Planned Parenthood Federation
Internal Revenue Service (of the United States)
Islamic Development Bank
Key performance indicator
Least developed country and territory
Low-income country and territory
Lower middle-income country and territory
Millennium Development Goal
Ministry of Education of Brazil
Middle East and North Africa
Mission-related investments
Monitoring and evaluation
Non-disclosure agreement
OECD Network of Foundations Working for Development
Non-governmental organisation
Official development assistance
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
Other official flows
Open Society Foundations
Public-private partnerships
Programme-related investments
Population Services International
Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors
Rockefeller Brothers Fund
Sustainable Development Goal
SDG Philanthropy Platform
Social Impact Bonds
Small island developing states
Small and medium-sized enterprises
Susan Thompson Buffet Foundation
Sexually transmitted disease
Universal Health Coverage
Ultra-High Net-Worth Individual
Upper middle-income country and territory
United Nations
United Nations Capital Development Fund
United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs
United Nations Development Programme
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund
United States Agency for International Development
United States dollar
World Food Programme
World Health Organization
Worldwide Initiatives for Grantmaker Support
World Wildlife Fund