Acronyms and abbreviations

ACLED

Armed Conflict Location and Event Data Project

AfDB

African Development Bank

BMZ

German Federal Ministry for Economic Co-operation and Development

CAR

Central African Republic

DAC

Development Assistance Committee (OECD)

DFID

Department for International Development

EUR

Euro

FDI

Foreign direct investment

GBV

Gender-based violence

GDP

Gross domestic product

GIS

Geographic information system

GIZ

Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH

GNI

Gross national income

IADB

Inter-American Development Bank

IED

Improvised explosive device

IEP

Institute for Economics and Peace

ILPI

International Law and Policy Institute

INCAF

International Network for Conflict and Fragility (an OECD-DAC network)

INFORM

Index for Risk Management

LAC

Latin America and the Caribbean

MDG

Millennium Development Goal

NATO

North Atlantic Treaty Organisation

NEET

Youth not in employment, education and training

ODA

Official development assistance

OECD

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development

OOF

Other official flows

PCA

Principal components analysis

PoC

Protection of civilians

SDG

Sustainable Development Goal

SGBV

Sexual and other forms of gender-based violence

SIPRI

Stockholm International Peace Institute

UCDP

Uppsala University Conflict Data Program

UN

United Nations

UNDP

United Nations Development Programme

UNHCR

United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees

UNOCHA

United Nations Office for the Co-ordination of Humanitarian Affairs

UNODC

United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime

UNSOM

United Nations Assistance Mission in Somalia

USAID

US Agency for International Development

USD

United States dollar

WHO

World Health Organization