| BAT | Bottleneck analysis tool |
| CATS | Community approach to total sanitation |
| CCT | Conditional-cash transfer |
| CDD | Community driven development |
| CEA | Cost-effectiveness analysis |
| CI | Confidence interval |
| CLTS | Community-led total sanitation |
| DALY | Disability-adjusted life-year |
| DHS | Demographic and Health Survey |
| GDP | Gross domestic product |
| HLY | Healthy life-year |
| HWTS | Household water treatment and storage |
| HWWS | Handwashing with soap |
| JMP | WHO/UNICEF Joint monitoring programme |
| MDG | Millennium Development Goal |
| MHM | Menstrual hygiene management |
| OBA | Output-based-aid |
| OECD | Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development |
| RBA | Results-based approach |
| SDG | Sustainable development goal |
| SPA | Service provision assessment |
| STH | Soil-transmitted helminth |
| UN | United Nations |
| UNHCR | Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees |
| UNICEF | United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund |
| WASH | Water, sanitation, and hygiene |
| WHO | World Health Organization |
| WTP | Willingness-to-pay |