Abbreviations and acronyms
Fifth generation of cellular mobile communications
Asian Development Bank
African Development Bank
Artificial intelligence
Acquired immune deficiency syndrome
Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank
African Union
Base Erosion and Profit Shifting
Better Life Index
Belt and Road Initiative
Brazil, Russian Federation, India, China, South Africa
Brazil, Russian Federation, India, Indonesia, China, South Africa
Committee for Development Policy
Center for Global Development
Carbon dioxide
Carbon dioxide equivalent
Development Assistance Committee
Development Assistance Group
Economic Commission for Latin America
Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean
Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific
European Union
Economic Vulnerability Index
Food and Agriculture Organization
Foreign direct investment
Former Soviet Union
Group of Seven
General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade
Gulf Cooperation Council
Gross domestic product
Global financial crisis
Greenhouse gas
Gross national income
Gross national product
Gigatonne
Global value chains
Human Development Index
Human Development Report
Heavily indebted poor countries
Human immunodeficiency virus
Inter-American Development Bank
International Bank for Reconstruction and Development
Information and communication technologies
International Development Association
International Development Statistics
International Labour Organization
International Monetary Fund
Internet of Things
Istanbul Programme of Action
Information technology
Least developed country
Landlocked developing countries
Mergers and acquisitions
More developed country
Millennium Development Goals
Multinational companies
New Approaches to Economic Challenges
New Development Bank
National economic development strategies
Non-governmental organisations
Organisation of African Unity
Official Development Assistance
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
Organisation for European Economic Co-operation
Participatory development
Problem driven iterative adaptation
Perspectives on Global Development
Producer Price Index
Purchasing power parity
Physical Vulnerability to Climate Change Index
Research and development
Renminbi
Structural adjustment programmes
Sustainable Development Goals
Special Economic Zones
Small Island Developing States
Small and medium-sized enterprise
Sulphur dioxide
State-owned enterprise
Tuberculosis
United Nations
United Nations Conference on Trade and Development
United Nations Development Programme
United Nations Economic Commission for Africa
United Nations Environment Programme
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund
United Nations Industrial Development Organization
United States
United States dollar
World Development Report
World Economic Forum
World Health Organization
World Poverty Clock
World Trade Organization