| 4P | The Paris Pact for People and the Planet |
| ACS | Association of the Caribbean States |
| ADB | Asian Development Bank |
| AECID | Spanish Agency for International Co-operation for Development |
| AFD | Agence française de développement |
| AOSIS | Alliance of Small Island States |
| ASEAN | Association of Southeast Asian Nations |
| BEPS | Base Erosion and Profit Shifting |
| BMZ | Germany's Federal Ministry of Economic Co-operation and Development |
| CAF | Development Bank of Latin America and the Caribbean |
| CAFTA-DR | Dominican Republic-Central American Free Trade Agreement |
| CARDTP | Caribbean Digital Transformation Project |
| CARICOM | Caribbean Community |
| CAT bonds | Catastrophe bonds |
| CBF | Caribbean Biodiversity Fund |
| CBI | Citizenship-by-Investment |
| CCCCC | The Caribbean Community Climate Change Centre |
| CCREEE | Caribbean Centre for Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency |
| CCRIF | Caribbean Catastrophe Risk Insurance Facility |
| CCS | Cultural and creative sector |
| CDB | Caribbean Development Bank |
| CDEMA | Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency |
| CEDA | Caribbean Export Development Agency |
| CIT | Corporate income tax |
| CRDC | Climate Resilient Debt Clauses |
| CREWS | Climate Risk Early Warning Systems |
| CRFM | Caribbean Regional Fisheries Mechanism |
| CSME | CARICOM Single Market and Economy |
| CTF | Conservation Trust Fund |
| CTO | Caribbean Tourism Organisation |
| DiT | Development in Transition |
| DVRP | Disaster Vulnerability Reduction Project |
| EC | European Commission |
| ECCB | Eastern Caribbean Central Bank |
| ECCU | Eastern Caribbean Currency Union |
| ECLAC | Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean |
| EEAS | European External Action Service |
| EFSD+ | European Fund for Sustainable Development Plus |
| EGDI | E-Government Development Index |
| EIB | European Investment Bank |
| EM-DAT | The International Disaster Database |
| ERTR | Environmental related tax revenues |
| EUROSTAT | Statistical Office of the European Union |
| EWS | Early Warning Systems |
| FATF | Financial Action Task Force |
| FDI | Foreign direct investment |
| GCF | Green Climate Fund |
| GGIA | EU-LAC Global Gateway Investment Agenda |
| GHG | Global greenhouse gas |
| GHGBAU | Greenhouse gas emissions/business-as-usual |
| Global Forum | Global Forum on Transparency and Exchange of Information for Tax Purposes |
| GMT | Global minimum tax |
| GNI | Gross national income |
| GSSSB | Green, social, sustainability, sustainability-linked and blue bonds |
| GVCs | Global value chains |
| GW | Gigawatts |
| HDI | Human Development Index |
| IBP | International Budget Partnership |
| ICT | Information and communication technology |
| ICZM | Integrated coastal zone management |
| IDB | Inter-American Development Bank |
| IEA | International Energy Agency |
| IFRC | International Federation of Red Cross |
| ILO | International Labour Organization |
| IMF | International Monetary Fund |
| IMO | International Maritime Organization |
| IOM | International Organization for Migration |
| IPCC | Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change |
| LAPOP | Latin American Public Opinion Project |
| LUCF | Land-use change and forestry |
| MNEs | Multinational enterprises |
| MSP | Marine Spatial Plans |
| NAP | National Adaptation Plan |
| NbS | Nature-based solutions |
| NDC | National determined contribution |
| ND-GAIN | Notre Dame Adaptation Initiative |
| NDPs | National Development Plans |
| NEET | Not engaged in education, employment or training |
| NPLs | Non-performing loans |
| NSDS | National Strategies for the Development of Statistics |
| NSOs | National Statistical Offices |
| NSSs | National Statistical Systems |
| NTBs | Non-tariff barriers |
| OAS | Organisation of American States |
| OBS | Open Budget Survey |
| ODA | Official Development Assistance |
| ODIN | Open Data Inventory |
| OECD | Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development |
| OECS | Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States |
| OGP | Open Government Partnership |
| ORs | EU Outermost Regions |
| PACC 2030 | US-Caribbean Partnership to Address the Climate Crisis 2030 |
| PARIS21 | OECD Partnership in Statistics for Development in the 21st Century |
| PISA | OECD Programme for International Student Assessment |
| PIT | Personal income tax |
| PPO | Principal payment options |
| PPP | Purchasing power parities |
| PPPs | Public-private partnerships |
| ROA | Return on assets |
| SDGs | Sustainable Development Goals |
| SICA | Central American Integration System |
| SIDS | Small Island Developing States |
| SLBs | Sustainability-linked bonds |
| SMEs | Small and medium-size enterprises |
| SPI | Statistical Performance Indicators |
| SSCs | Social security contributions |
| TOSSD | Total Official Support for Sustainable Development |
| UIS | UNESCO Institute for Statistics |
| UN MVI | United Nations Multidimensional Vulnerability Index |
| UNCC | United Nations Climate Change |
| UNCTAD | United Nations Trade and Development |
| UNDP | United Nations Development Programme |
| UNDRR | United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction |
| UNEP | United Nations Environment Programme |
| UNFCCC | United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change |
| UNODC | United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime |
| UNOPS | United Nations Office for Project Services |
| VAT | Value-added tax |
| WEF | World Economic Forum |
| WFP | United Nations World Food Programme |
| WMO | World Meteorological Organisation |
| WRI | World Resources Institute |
| WTTC | World Travel and Tourism Council |
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