Explanatory Notes
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GNP
Gross national product
HIPC
Heavily Indebted Poor Countries
HIV
Human immunodeficiency virus
IEE
Intergenerational earnings elasticity
ILO
International Labour Organization
IMF
International Monetary Fund
LAC
Latin America and the Caribbean
MDG
Millennium Development Goal
MONA
Monitoring of Fund Arrangements
MPI
Multidimensional Poverty Index
NEET
Not in Education, Employment, or Training
ODA
Official development assistance
OECD
Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development
OPHI
Oxford Poverty & Human Development Initiative
PPP
Purchasing power parity
PRGF
Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility
SBA
Stand-By Arrangements
SDRs
Special Drawing Rights
UN
United Nations
UNCTAD
United Nations Conference on Trade and Development
UNDP
United Nations Development Programme
UNECA
United Nations Economic Commission for Africa
UNESCO United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization UNFPA
United Nations Population Fund
UN-HABITAT United Nations Human Settlements programme UNICEF
United Nations Children’s Fund
US
United States
WEO
World Economic Outlook
WHO
World Health Organization
For analytical purposes, countries are classified as belonging to either of two categories: more developed or less developed. The less developed regions (also referred to as developing countries in the Report) include all countries in Africa, Asia (excluding Japan), and Latin America and the Caribbean, as well as Oceania,