keyword   | definition | actions | |
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| LDCs | Least Developed Countries... | view |
| DALYs | Disability Adjusted Life Years lost – a measure of burden of disease now in common use.
In order... | view |
| COLD | Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease, also known as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)... | view |
| GBD | Global Burden of Disease
Commonly measured in , the Disability-Adjusted Life Year... | view |
| ARI | Acute Respiratory Infection... | view |
| confounding | Confounding variables are factors - such as overcrowding and malnutrition, in the case of childhood... | view |
| NGO | Non-Governmental Organization
Generally this refers to not-for-profit organizations or... | view |
| Gender Mainstreaming | Gender mainstreaming is an organisational strategy to bring a gender perspective to all aspects on... | view |
| Productive work | Work done by both women and men for pay in cash or kind. It includes both market production with... | view |
| Practical or Reproductive work | Childbearing and daily child-rearing responsibilities and domestic tasks, in most societies... | view |
| Strategic needs | Things necessary to change the balance of power between women and men in society, based on the... | view |
| Women's Empowerment | Process of awareness and capacity building of women leading to a more equitable participation in... | view |
| Energy poverty | The absence of sufficient choice in accessing adequate, affordable, reliable, high quality, safe... | view |
| Energy carrier | The form in which energy is delivered to the end-user (fossil and biomass fuels, batteries,... | view |
| ESMAP | The Energy Sector Management Programme of the World Bank which provides technical assistance. Its... | view |
