AAAA Addis Ababa Action Agenda
ACG Arab Co-ordination Group
ADB Asian Development Bank
AFD Agence française de développement
AfDB African Development Bank
ARIZ AFD’s partial risk-sharing guarantee
BMGF Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
BMZ Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (Germany)
CAPEX Capital expenditure
CBS Container based sanitation
CEPT Centre for Environmental Planning and Technology
CPR Centre for Policy Research
CIV Collective investment vehicle
CrEW Caribbean Regional fund for Wastewater management
CRS Creditor reporting system
DAC Development Assistance Committee
DBOOT Design, build, own, operate and transfer
DBSA Development Bank of Southern Africa
DBP Development Bank of the Philippines
DFI Development finance institution
DFID Department for International Development (United Kingdom)
EAIF Emerging Africa Infrastructure Fund
EBRD European Bank for Reconstruction and Development
ECA Export Credit Agency
EDFI Association of European Development Finance Institutions
EGAT Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand
EIB European Investment Bank
EU European Union
EUR Euro
EWSA Energy Water and Sanitation Authority Rwanda
FAMM Monterrey Metropolitan Water Fund
FMO Netherlands Development Finance Company
FONAG Fondo Para La Protección Del Agua
FSM Faecal sludge management
FSTP Faecal sludge treatment plant
FTB Foreign Trade Bank
GEF Global Environment Facility
GIIN Global Impact Investing Network
GIZ Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit
GUARDIAN Gramalaya Urban and Rural Development Initiatives and Network
HZL Hindustan Zinc Limited
IADB Inter-American Development Bank
IDA International Development Association
IFC International Finance Corporation
IIPSA Infrastructure Investment Programme of South Africa
IMF International Monetary Fund
IMP Impact Management Project
JCEF Jamaica Credit Enhancement Facility
JICA Japan International Cooperation Agency
JMD Jamaican dollar
KIS Kalangala Infrastructure Investment Services
KOMIDA Koperasi Mitra Dhuafa
KWL Kigali Water Limited
LBS Land-Based Sources
LDC Least developed country
LGUGC Local Government Unit Guarantee Corporation
MDB Multilateral development bank
MEWAR Managing Environment through Waste Reuse
MFI Microfinance institution
MIGA Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency
MPWI Multi-purpose water infrastructure
MWI Ministry of Water and Irrigation in Jordan
NCB National Commercial Bank
NGO Non-governmental organisation
NRW Non-revenue water
NT2 Nam Theun 2
NTPC Nam Theun 2 Power Company
NWC National Water Commission, Jamaica
NZD New Zealand dollar
OBA Output based aid
ODA Official development assistance
OOF Other Official Flows
ODF Open Defecation Free
OECD Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
OPEX Operational expenditure
OPIC Overseas Private Investment Corporation
PDAM Perusahaan Daerah Air Minum
PDR Lao People’s Democratic Republic
PhP Philippine peso
PIDG Private Infrastructure Development Group
PPA Power purchase agreement
PPIAF Public-Private Infrastructure Advisory Facility
PPP Public-private partnership
PWRF Philippines Water Revolving Fund
RCT Randomized controlled trial
RWF Rwandan francs
SAB Sustainability Awareness Bond
SDGs Sustainable Development Goals
SDIP Sustainable Development Investment Partnership
Sida Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency
SIWI Stockholm International Water Institute
SFF Stone Family Foundation
SPV Special purpose vehicle
TA Technical Assistance
TBC Toilet Board Coalition
TNC The Nature Conservancy
THK Tri Hita Karana Roadmap for Blended Finance
UN United Nations
UNCDF United Nations Capital Development Fund
UN DESA United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs
UNDP United Nations Development Programme
UNICEF United Nations Children's Fund
USAID United States Agency for International Development
USAID DCA USAID’s Development Credit Authority
USD United States dollar
WASAC National water and sanitation utility
WASH Water, sanitation and hygiene
WCWDM Water conservation, water demand management
WHO World Health Organisation
WOP Water Operators Partnership
WSP Water Service Provider
WSPF Water and Sanitation Pooled Fund
WSS Water supply and sanitation
WWF World Wide Fund for Nature