The Cost of Inaction for Young Children Globally: Workshop Summary (2014)
Chapter: Appendix A: Acronyms
| AIDS |
acquired immune deficiency syndrome |
| CLASS |
Classroom Assessment Scoring System |
| DHS |
Demographic and Health Surveys |
| ECD |
early childhood development |
| ECDI |
Early Childhood Development Index |
| ECRI |
Early Childhood Rights Indicators |
| EDI |
early development instrument |
| EFA |
Education for All |
| EGMA |
Early Grade Math Assessment |
| EGRA |
Early Grade Reading Assessment |
| GDP |
gross domestic product |
| GOBI |
growth monitoring, oral rehydration, breastfeeding, and immunization |
| HIV |
human immunodeficiency virus |
| ICDSG |
International Child Development Steering Group |
| INCAP |
Institute of Nutrition of Central America and Panama |
| IOM |
Institute of Medicine |
| IQ |
intelligence quotient |
| MDG |
Millennium Development Goal |
| MICS |
Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey |
| MISC |
Mediational Intervention for Sensitizing Caregivers |
| NRC |
National Research Council |
| OECD |
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development |
| OWG |
Open Working Group |
| PRIDI |
Programa Regional de Indicadores de Desarrollo Infantil (Project on Child Development Indicators) |
| SABER |
Systems Approach for Better Education Results |
| UNESCO |
United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization |
| UNICEF |
United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund |
| USAID |
United States Agency for International Development |
| WHO |
World Health Organization |
