| ADB | Asian Development Bank |
| AECM | European Association of Mutual Guarantee Societies |
| AUD | Australian dollar |
| B2B | Business-to-Business |
| B2C | Business-to-Customer |
| B2G | Business-to-Government |
| BIS | Bank for International Settlements |
| BLS | Bank Lending Survey |
| BRL | Brazilian rial |
| BYN | Belarusian ruble |
| CAD | Canadian dollar |
| CDS | Credit Default Swap |
| CGS | Credit Guarantee Scheme |
| CHF | Swiss franc |
| CLO | Collateralised debt obligation |
| CLP | Chilean peso |
| CNY | Chinese renminbi |
| COP | Colombian peso |
| CZK | Czech koruna |
| DKK | Danish krone |
| EBITDA | Earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization |
| EBRD | European Bank for Reconstruction and Development |
| EC | European Commission |
| ECB | European Central Bank |
| EIB | European Investment Bank |
| EIF | European Investment Fund |
| ERP | European Rescue Programme |
| EU | European Union |
| EUR | Euro |
| EURIBOR | Euro Interbank Offered Rate |
| EVCA | European Venture Capital Association |
| FCI | Factors Chain International |
| G20 | Group of 20 |
| GBP | British bound |
| GDP | Gross domestic product |
| GEL | Georgian lari |
| GPFI | Global Partnership for Financial Inclusion |
| HUF | Hungarian forint |
| IDR | Indonesian rupiah |
| IFC | International Finance Corporation |
| IMF | International Monetary Fund |
| IPO | Initial public offering |
| IT | Information technology |
| JPY | Japanese yen |
| KRW | Korean won |
| KZT | Kazakhstani tenge |
| MFI | Micro-finance institution |
| MSME | Micro, small and medium-sized enterprise |
| MXN | Mexican peso |
| MYR | Malaysian ringgit |
| NFIB | National Federation of Independent Business |
| NIS | Israeli new shekel |
| NOK | Norwegian krone |
| NPL | Non-performing loan |
| NYSE | New York Stock Exchange |
| NZD | New Zealand dollar |
| OECD | Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development |
| PCS | Prime collateralised securities |
| PE | Private equity |
| PEN | Peruvian nuevo sol |
| PLN | Polish zloty |
| R&D | Research and development |
| RSD | Serbian dinar |
| RSI | Risk Sharing Instrument |
| RUB | New Russian ruble |
| SAFE | Survey on the Access to Finance of Enterprises |
| SBA | Small Business Act |
| SEK | Swedish krona |
| SME | Small and medium-sized enterprise |
| THB | Thai baht |
| TRY | Turkish lira |
| UAH | Ukrainian hryvnia |
| UF | Unidad de Fomento |
| USAID | United States Agency for International Development |
| USD | United States dollar |
| VC | Venture capital |
| WB | World Bank |
| WPSMEE | Working Party on SMEs and Entrepreneurship |
| ZAR | South African rand |
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