RURAL BANGLADESH - PreventionWeb
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ACRONYMS<br />
ADB Asian Development Bank<br />
BADC Bangladesh Agriculture Development Corporation<br />
BBS Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics<br />
BDHS Bangladesh Demographic & Health Survey<br />
BIDS Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies<br />
BMHS Bangladesh Maternal Health Survey<br />
BRAC Bangladesh Rural Advancement Committee<br />
BRDB Bangladesh Rural Development Bureau<br />
CARE International NGO operating in Bangladesh<br />
CBO Community Based Organization<br />
CHT Chittagong Hill Tracts<br />
CNI Community Nutrition Initiative<br />
CPAP Country Programme Activity Plan<br />
CSI Coping Strategies Index<br />
DFID Department for International Development<br />
DPT Diphtheria, Tetanus, Pertussis (whooping cough)<br />
DRR Directorate for Relief and Rehabilitation<br />
DWA Department of Women’s Affairs<br />
FFA Food for Assets<br />
FFE Food for Education<br />
FFW Food for Work<br />
FG Focus Group<br />
FGD Focus Group Discussion<br />
GDP Gross Domestic Product<br />
GOB Government of the Peoples Republic of Bangladesh<br />
HH Household<br />
HIES Household Income Expenditure Survey<br />
HKI Helen Keller International<br />
HYV High yielding variety<br />
IFPRI International Food Policy Research Institute<br />
IFS Integrated Food Security<br />
IGA Income Generating Activity<br />
IPM Integrated Pest Management<br />
Kcal Kilo calories<br />
MC Micro-credit<br />
MCI Micro-credit Institution<br />
MFI Micro-finance Institution<br />
MOE Ministry of Education<br />
MOH Ministry of Health<br />
MWCA Ministry of Women & Children’s Affairs<br />
NE Nutrition for Education<br />
NGO Non-Governmental Organization<br />
N/W Northwest<br />
ORS Oral Re-hydration Solution/salt<br />
PPS Probability-proportional-size sampling technique<br />
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