SIGI 2020 Regional Report for Latin America and the Caribbean

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