Multilateral Development Finance

Abbreviations and acronyms

AAAA	Addis Ababa Action Agenda
ACP	African, Caribbean and Pacific
ADB	Asian Development Bank
AfDB	African Development Bank
AIIB	Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank
AMC	Advance Market Commitment
ADB	Asian Development Bank
BMGF	Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
BRI	Belt and Road Initiative
BRICS	Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa
CAF	Corporacion Andina de Fomento – Banco de Desarrollo de América Latina (Development Bank of Latin America)
CDC	Commonwealth Development Corporation
CHAP	Common Humanitarian Action Plans
CRS	Creditor Reporting System
CSO	Civil society organisation
DAC	Development Assistance Committee
DFI	Development finance institutions
DFID	Department for International Development
EBRD	European Bank for Reconstruction and Development
EC	European Commission
ECOSOC	United Nations Economic and Social Council
EDF	European Development Fund
EFSD	European Fund for Sustainable Development
EIB	European Investment bank
EIP	external investment plan
EU	European Union
GATT	General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade
GAVI	Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunisation
GCF	Global Climate Fund
GDP	Gross domestic product
GEEREF	Global Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Fund
GEF	Global Environment Facility
GFEA	Guarantee Fund for External Actions
GHD	Good humanitarian donorship
GHG	Greenhouse gas
GNI	Gross national income
GPG	Global public goods
IADB	Inter-American Development Bank
IBRD	International Bank for Reconstruction and Development
IDA	International Development Association
IFAD	International Fund for Agricultural Development
IFC	International Finance Corporation
IFFIM	International Finance Facility for Immunisation
IFI	International Financing Institution
ILO	International Labour Office
IMF	International Monetary Fund
IsDB	Islamic Development Bank
LDC	Least developed country
LIC	Low-income country
LMIC	Large middle-income country
MAR	Multilateral Aid Review
MCC	Millennium Challenge Corporation
MDB	Multilateral development banks
MFF	Multiannual Financial Framework
MIGA	Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency
MOPAN	Multilateral Organisation Performance Assessment Network
MPA	Multilateral Performance Assessment
MPFM	Multilateral Pooled-Funding Mechanism
NATO	North Atlantic Treaty Organization
NDICI	Neighbourhood, Development and International Co-operation Instrument
NGO	Non-governmental organisations
ODA	Official development assistance
OECD	Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
PIR	Policy and institutional reforms
PPP	Public-private partnership
PSD	Private sector development
PSW	Private sector windows
QCPR	Quadrennial Comprehensive Policy Review
RCS	Resident co-ordinator system
SDG	Sustainable Development Goals
SDR	Special drawing rights
SIDS	Small island development states
SME	Small and medium-sized enterprises
SPV	Special purpose vehicle
TOSSD	Total official support for sustainable development
UMICs	Upper middle-income countries
UN	United Nations
UNAIDS	Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS
UNCTAD	United Nations Conference on Trade and Development
UNDP	United Nations Development Programme
UNDS	United Nations Development System
UNFCCC	United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
UNFPA	United Nations Population Fund
UNGA	United Nations General Assembly
UNHCR	United Nations Refugee Agency
UNICEF	United Nations Children's Fund
UNODC	United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime
WFP	World Food Programme
WHO	World Health Organization
WIPO	World Intellectual Property Organisation