| AIPs | anti-immigrant parties |
| B4IG | Business for Inclusive Growth Initiative |
| BAME | black, Asian and minority ethnic |
| BEPS | base erosion and profit shifting |
| BIEN | Basic Income Earth Network |
| BLM | Black Lives Matter |
| BRIICS | Brazil, Russia, India, Indonesia, China and South Africa |
| CAP | collective action problem |
| CAT | Committee Against Torture |
| CAT | Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment |
| CCTs | Conditional Cash Transfers |
| CDD | community-driven development |
| CED | Committee on Enforced Disappearances |
| CEDAW | Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women |
| CEDAW | Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women |
| CERD | Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights |
| CHD | coronary heart disease |
| CMEPSP | Commission on the Measurement of Economic Performance and Social Progress |
| CMW | Committee on Migrant Workers |
| CO2 | carbon dioxide |
| CoE | Council of Europe COP Conference of the Parties |
| CRC | Committee on the Rights of the Child |
| CRPD | Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities |
| CRPD | Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities |
| CSD | Centre for Sustainable Development |
| CSDH | Commission on the Social Determinants of Health |
| CSR51 | Convention relating to the Status of Refugees |
| DDR | Disability and Development Report |
| EC | European Commission |
| ECA | United Nations Economic Commission for Africa |
| ECEC | Early Childhood Education and Care |
| ECLAC | United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (CEPAL in Spanish and Portuguese) |
| EMRIP | Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples |
| ERA | Economic Report on Africa |
| ESCAP | United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific |
| ESS | European Social Survey |
| ESSAP | Economic and Social Survey of Asia and the Pacific |
| EU | European Union |
| FSDR | Financing for Sustainable Development Report |
| FSSBG | Framework for Strong, Sustainable and Balanced Growth |
| FSSD | Framework for Strategic Sustainable Development |
| G20 | Group of Twenty is an international forum for the governments and central bank governors from 19 countries and the EU |
| G77 | Group of 77 at the United Nations is a coalition of 134 developing countries |
| GDP | Gross Domestic Product |
| GEP | Global Economic Prospects |
| GNH | Gross National Happiness |
| GNP | gross national product |
| GPI | Genuine Progress Indicator |
| GRD | Global Resources Dividend |
| GSG | global social governance |
| Habitat | United Nations Conference on Human Settlements |
| HDI | Human Development Index |
| HDR | Human Development Report (UNDP flagship report) |
| HLE | healthy life expectancy |
| HLEG | High Level Expert Group on the Measurement of Economic and Social Progress |
| HRC | Human Rights Committee |
| ICCPR | International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights |
| ICED | International Conference for Ecological Sustainability |
| ICERD | International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination |
| ICESCR | International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights |
| ICMW | International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families |
| ICPPED | International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance |
| IG | inclusive growth |
| IGF | Inclusive Growth Framework |
| IGI | Inclusive Growth Initiative |
| IHE | Institute for Health Equity |
| ILO | International Labour Organization |
| IMF | International Monetary Fund |
| IOM | International Organization for Migration |
| IPBES | Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services |
| IPCC | Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change |
| IPSP | International Panel on Social Progress |
| ISEW | Index of Sustainable Economic Welfare |
| IUCN | International Union for Conservation of Nature |
| IWS | international welfare state |
| IYOP | International Year of Older Persons |
| LE | life expectancy |
| LGBTQI+ | lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, intersex and others |
| MAP | Mutual Assessment Process |
| MCP | multiculturalism policies |
| MDGs | Millennium Development Goals |
| MEW | Measure of Economic Welfare |
| MIPAA | Madrid International Plan of Action on Ageing |
| NAEC | New Approaches to Economic Challenges |
| NDA | New Dynamics of Ageing |
| NGOs | non-governmental organisations |
| NIEO | new international economic order |
| NPF | National Performance Framework |
| NSF | Natural Step Framework |
| OECD | Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development |
| OHCHR | Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights |
| OSCE | Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe |
| PAYG | Pay-As-You-Go |
| PHM | People’s Health Movement |
| PI | participation income |
| PWW | Progress of the World’s Women (UN Women’s flagship report) |
| RCTs | randomized controlled trials |
| RWSS | Report on the World Social Situation (flagship report of the UN, now WSR) |
| SD | sustainable development |
| SDGs | Sustainable Development Goals |
| SDSN | Sustainable Development Solutions Network |
| SI | Social Investment |
| SOWIP | State of the World’s Indigenous Peoples |
| SPF | Social Protection Floor |
| SPLC | Southern Poverty Law Center |
| SRVAW | Special Rapporteur on Violence against Women |
| SSF | Stiglitz–Sen–Fitoussi Commission |
| SWB | subjective wellbeing |
| TDR | Trade and Development Report |
| UBI | Universal Basic Income |
| UBS | Universal Basic Services |
| UCTs | Unconditional Cash Transfers |
| UDHR | Universal Declaration of Human Rights |
| UHC | universal health coverage |
| UN | United Nations |
| UNCED | United Nations Conference on Environment and Development |
| UNCHE | United Nations Conference on the Human Environment |
| UNCRC | United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child |
| UN DESA | United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs |
| UNDP | United Nations Development Programme |
| UNEP | United Nations Environment Programme |
| UNESCO | United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation |
| UNFCCC | United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change |
| UNGA | United Nations General Assembly |
| UNHCR | United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees |
| UNHRC | United Nations Human Rights Council |
| UNIATF | United Nations Inter-agency Task Force on Financing for Development |
| UNICEF | United Nations Children’s Fund |
| UNODC | United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime |
| UNRISD | United Nations Research Institute for Social Development |
| UN SDSN | United Nations Sustainable Development Solutions Network |
| UN Women | United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women |
| VDPA | Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action |
| WBG | World Bank Group |
| WCAR | World Conference Against Racism, Racial Discrimination |
| WCED | World Commission on Environment and Development |
| WCS | World Conservation Strategy |
| WCSDG | World Commission on the Social Dimension of Globalization |
| WDR | World Development Report (World Bank flagship report) |
| WEF | World Economic Forum |
| WESP | World Economic Situation and Prospects (UN flagship publication on trends in the global economy) |
| WFP | World Food Programme |
| WHO | World Health Organization |
| WHR | World Happiness Report |
| WHR | World Health Report (WHO’s leading publication) |
| WMO | World Meteorological Organization |
| WRD | World Report on Disability (World Bank/WHO report) |
| WSPR | World Social Protection Report (ILO flagship report) |
| WSR | World Social Report (UN flagship publication by UN DESA, previously Report on the World Social Situation) |
| WSSD | World Summit for Social Development |
| WTO | World Trade Organization |
| WWF | World Wide Fund for Nature |
| WYR | World Youth Report (flagship publication of UN DESA) |
