Abbreviations

BMI: Body mass index

CRS: Creditor Reporting System (DAC)

DAC: Development Assistance Committee

DALY: Disability-adjusted life year

DHS: Demographic and Health Surveys

DRC: Democratic Republic of the Congo

EU: European Union

FAO: Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN

GBD: Global Burden of Disease

GDP: Gross domestic product

GIFT: Global Individual Food Consumption Data Tool (WHO)

GINA: Global database on the Implementation of Nutrition Action

IDA: International Development Association

IFAD: International Fund for Agricultural Development

IFPRI: International Food Policy Research Institute

IYCF: Infant and young child feeding

MICS: Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey

N4G: Nutrition for Growth

NCD: Non-communicable disease

NCD-RisC: NCD Risk Factor Collaboration

NGO: Non-governmental organisation

OCHA: UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs

ODA: Official development assistance

OECD: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development

R4D: Results for Development

SDG: Sustainable Development Goal

SMART: Specific, measurable, achievable, relevant and timely

SUN: Scaling Up Nutrition

TMREL: Theoretical minimum-risk exposure level

UK: United Kingdom

UNICEF: United Nations Children’s Fund

UNRWA: UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East

US: United States

USAID: US Agency for International Development

WASH: Water, sanitation and hygiene

WHO: World Health Organization

WFP: World Food Programme

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