ABMI | Asian Bond Market Initiative |
ACRAA | Association of Credit Rating Agencies in Asia |
AFC | Asian Financial Crisis |
AFI | Alliance for Financial Inclusion |
AI | Artificial intelligence |
APVAX | Asia Pacific Vaccine Access facility |
ARC | African Risk Capacity |
ASEAN | Association of Southeast Asian Nations |
ASEAN-5 | Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Thailand and Viet Nam |
ASEAN+3 | ASEAN-10 countries plus China, Japan and Korea |
ASEAN WC-FINC | ASEAN Working Committee on Financial Inclusion |
ATMs | Automated teller machines |
BIS | Bank for International Settlements |
BND | Brunei dollars |
BSP | Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas |
CBI | Climate Bonds Initiative |
CCRIF | Caribbean Catastrophe Risk Insurance Facility |
CDB | Caribbean Development Bank |
CEPI | Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations |
CGIF | Credit Guarantee and Investment Facility |
CIPFA | Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy |
CLM | Cambodia, Lao PDR, Myanmar |
COVAX | COVID-19 Vaccines Global Access facility |
CPI | Consumer Price Index |
CSE | Cambodia Securities Exchange |
DSSI | Debt Service Suspension Initiative |
DTI | Debt-to-income |
ECB | European Central Bank |
EIB | European Investment Bank |
EMEAP | Executives’ Meeting of East Asia-Pacific Central Banks |
ESG | Environmental, Social and Governance |
FAO | Food and Agriculture Organization |
FDI | Foreign Direct Investment |
FEPA | Financial Education Programme for Adults |
FET | Fast and Easy Testing |
FinTech | Financial technology |
GBP | Green Bond Principles |
GDP | Gross Domestic Product |
GFC | Global Financial Crisis |
GPS | Global Positioning System |
ICC | International Chamber of Commerce |
ICMA | International Capital Market Association |
ICT | Information and Communication Technology |
ICU | Intensive Care Unit |
IDR | Indonesian rupiah |
IFC | International Finance Corporation |
ILO | International Labour Organization |
ILS | Insurance-linked securities |
IMF | International Monetary Fund |
INR | Indian rupee |
IRDAI | Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India |
JPY | Japanese yen |
KHR | Cambodian riel |
KPI | Key performance indicator |
LIBOR | London Interbank Offered Rate |
LTV | Loan-to-value |
MAS | Monetary Authority of Singapore |
MDBs | Multilateral development banks |
MLI | Multilateral lending institution |
MMK | Myanmar kyat |
mRNA | Messenger ribonucleic acid |
MSMEs | Micro, small and medium enterprises |
MTI | Ministry of Trade and Industry |
MYR | Malaysian ringgit |
NEER | Nominal Effective Exchange Rate |
NNT | National News Bureau of Thailand |
NPIs | Non-pharmaceutical interventions |
NPV | Net present value |
NSFE | National Strategy for Financial Education |
OECD | Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development |
PBOC | People’s Bank of China |
PCDIP | Philippine City Disaster Insurance Pool |
PCRAFI | Pacific Catastrophe Risk Assessment and Financing Initiative |
PEF | Pandemic Emergency Financing Facility |
PHP | Philippine peso |
PMI | Purchasing Managers’ Index |
PPE | Personal Protective Equipment |
PSA | Philippine Statistics Authority |
QR | Quick Response |
RBF | Reserve Bank of Fiji |
RBI | Reserve Bank of India |
RMB | Chinese renminbi |
RT-PCR | Reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction |
SBP | Social Bond Principles |
SDGs | Sustainable Development Goals |
SEADRIF | Southeast Asia Disaster Risk Insurance Facility |
SEBI | Securities and Exchange Board of India |
SFWG | Sustainable Finance Working Group |
SMEs | Small and medium-sized enterprises |
SPV | Special-purpose vehicle |
TAT | Tourism Authority of Thailand |
TCFD | Taskforce for Climate-related Financial Disclosures |
TFCA | United States Tropical Forest and Coral Reef Conservation Act |
THB | Thai baht |
UNCTAD | United Nations Conference on Trade and Development |
UNDP | United Nations Development Programme |
UNESCAP | United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific |
UNICEF | United Nations Children’s Fund |
USD | US dollars |
VAT | Value added tax |
VND | Vietnamese dong |
WHO | World Health Organization |
WISE | Womenpreneur Indonesia for Sustainability & Empowerment |
WRI | World Resources Institute |
Economic Outlook for Southeast Asia, China and India 2022
Financing Sustainable Recovery from COVID-19
Economic Outlook for Southeast Asia, China and India