| 4IR | Fourth Industrial Revolution |
| A4T | Aid for Trade |
| AfCFTA | African Continental Free Trade Area Agreement |
| AU | African Union |
| BIPOC | Black, indigenous and people of colour |
| BoP | Balance of payment |
| COP15 | 15th Climate Change Conference |
| COP27 | 27th Climate Change Conference |
| CPA | Country programmable aid |
| CRS | Creditor Reporting System |
| CSO | Civil society organisation |
| DAC | Development Assistance Committee (OECD) |
| DAH | Development assistance for health |
| DiT | Development in Transition |
| DREF | Disaster Response Emergency Fund |
| EC | European Commission |
| EU | European Union |
| FDI | Foreign direct investment |
| FFP | Feminist foreign policy |
| G7 | Group of Seven |
| G20 | Group of Twenty |
| GDP | Gross domestic product |
| GNI | Gross national income |
| GPG | Global public good |
| HIC | High-income country |
| IDA | International Development Association |
| IDRC | International Development Research Centre |
| IFF | Illicit financial flow |
| IMF | International Monetary Fund |
| INGO | International non-governmental organisation |
| LDC | Least developed country |
| LIC | Low-income country |
| LLDC | Landlocked developing country |
| LMIC | Lower middle-income country |
| MAPS | Methodology for Assessing Procurement Systems |
| MDB | Multinational development bank |
| MIC | Middle-income country |
| NDP | National development plan |
| NGO | Non-governmental organisation |
| NLP | Natural language processing |
| ODA | Official development assistance |
| PAGE | Policy Analysis on Growth and Employment |
| PCSD | Policy Coherence for Sustainable Development |
| PEP | Partnership for Economic Policy |
| SDG | Sustainable Development Goal |
| SDR | Special drawing rights |
| SIDS | Small island developing state |
| SSC | South-South co-operation |
| TOSSD | Total official support for sustainable development |
| UMIC | Upper middle-income country |
| UN | United Nations |
| UNDP | United Nations Development Programme |
| UNFCCC | United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change |
| USAID | United States Agency for International Development |
| USD | United States dollar |
| WHO | World Health Organization |
| WRO | Women’s rights organisation |
Development Co‑operation Report 2023
Debating the Aid System
