More with Less: Disasters in an Era of Diminishing Resources

List of Abbreviations

| xvii | BRICs Brazil, Russia, India, and China BWIs Bretton Woods Institutions CAP Consolidated Appeals Process (OCHA) CDC Centers for Disease Control and Prevention CERF Central Emergency Response Fund CFA Comprehensive Framework for Action CGD Commission on Growth and Development CSW commercial sex worker DAC Development Assistance Committee DEC Disaster Emergency Committee (UK) DFID Department for International Development DRC Danish Refugee Council DVI Disaster Victim Identification EG Educate Girls (Rajastani NGO) G8 Group of Eight GDACS Global Disaster Alert and Coordination System GDP gross domestic profit GHD Good Humanitarian Donorship initiative GIS geographic information system GNI gross national income HLTF High-Level Task Force ICRC International Committee of the Red Cross ABBREVIATIONS xviii | Abbreviations IDHA International Diploma in Humanitarian Assistance (Fordham University) IFRC International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies IHA International Humanitarian Affairs (Fordham University) IIHA Institute of International Humanitarian Affairs (Fordham University) IMF International Monetary Fund IOC Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission MDG Millennium Development Goal MIHA Masters in International Humanitarian Action (Fordham University) MSF Médecins Sans Frontières NATO North Atlantic Treaty Organization NCD noncommunicable disease NGO nongovernmental organization OCHA Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs ODA official development assistance OECD Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development OHCHR Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights OIC Organisation of Islamic Cooperation OSOCC On-Site Operations Coordination Centre PGA President of the United Nations General Assembly PIH Partners in Health R2P Responsibility to Protect SBTF Standby Task Force SIDS Small Island Developing States TEC Tsunami Evaluation Coalition UN United Nations UNDHA United Nations Department of Humanitarian Affairs UNDRO United Nations Department for Relief Operations UNESCO United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization Abbreviations | xix UNGA United Nations General Assembly UNHCR United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees UNHRC United Nations Human Rights Council UNICEF United Nations Children’s Fund UNISDR United Nations International Strategy for Disaster Reduction UNRRA United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Agency UNRWA United Nations Relief and Works Agency UNWTO United Nations World Tourism Organization USAID United States Agency for International Development WEF World Economic Forum WFP World Food Programme WHO World Health Organization ...