List of Abbreviations

Abstract

BCG Bacille Calmette-Guérin vaccine against tuberculosis ECA Europe and Central Asia FPC First Principal Component CPI Corruption Perception Index Dem. Democratic DHS Demographic and Health Surveys DPT Diphtheria, pertussis and tetanus EAP East Asia and Pacific EPI Expanded Program on Immunization FGT Foster-Greer-Thorbecke GDI Gender-Related Development Index GDP Gross Domestic Product GEM Gender Empowerment Measure GEM revised revised Gender Empowerment Measure GGG Global Gender Gap Index GGI (capped) Gender Gap Index GID Gender, Institutions and Development HC Heteroscedasticity-consistent HDI Human Development Index ICRG Corruption in Government Index from the International Country Risk Guide IMF International Monetary Fund LAC Latin America and Caribbean MDGs Millennium Development Goals MJCA Multiple Joint Correspondence Analysis OECD Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development PCA Principal Component Analysis PPP Purchasing Power Parity Rep. Republic SA South Asia SIGI Social Institutions and Gender Index UCDP/PRIO Uppsala Conflict Data Program/ International Peace Research Institute, Oslo UNAIDS The United Nations Joint Programme on HIV/AIDS UNDP United Nations Development Programme