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Center for Disease Control and Prevention. | |||
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* [[Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office]] (FCDO) | * [[Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office]] (FCDO) | ||
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* [[Sustainability]] | * [[Sustainability]] | ||
* [[United Nations]] | * [[United Nations]] | ||
Revision as of 17:11, 5 January 2022
1. Development finance institutions - UK government.
CDC is an abbreviation for CDC Group plc.
It is funded by the UK government with the dual objectives of:
- Supporting business growth that lifts people out of poverty; and
- Making a financial return.
CDC was formerly known as the Commonwealth Development Corporation.
The new name of the CDC, with effect from April 2022, is British International Investment plc.
2. Disease - pandemic - US government.
Center for Disease Control and Prevention.
See also
- Business & Sustainable Development Commission
- Commonwealth
- Corporate social responsibility
- Department for International Development
- Development finance institution
- Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO)
- International development agency
- Pandemic
- Sustainability
- United Nations
- United States Agency for International Development
