| AfDB | African Development Bank |
| AsDB | Asian Development Bank |
| BPOA | Barbados Programme of Action |
| CARICOM | Caribbean Community |
| CLA | Collaborate, Learn and Adapt |
| CSO | Civil Society Organisations |
| DAC | Development Assistance Committee |
| EU | European Union |
| FAO | Food and Agriculture Organisation |
| GCF | Green Climate Fund |
| GIZ | German Agency for International Co-operation |
| GPEDC | Global Partnership for Effective Development Co-operation |
| GRI | Global Reporting Initiative |
| IaDB | Inter-American Development Bank |
| ILO | International Labour Organisation |
| IPCC | Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change |
| KRT | Knowledge Retention and Transfer |
| LFA | Logical Framework Approach |
| LNOB | Leave no one behind |
| M&E | Monitoring and Evaluation |
| MDG | Millennium Development Goals |
| MERLA | Monitoring, Evaluation, Research, Learning and Adaptation |
| MfSDR | Managing for Sustainable Development Results |
| MOPAN | Multilateral Organisation Performance Assessment |
| MPI | Multidimensional Poverty Index |
| MRV | Monitoring, Reporting and Verification |
| MSI | Mauritius Strategy for Further Implementation of the Barbados Programme of Action |
| NAP | National Adaptation Plan(s) |
| NDC | Nationally Determined Contributions |
| NDP | National Development Plan |
| NGO | Non-governmental organisations |
| OPSYS | Operational System |
| PDIA | Problem-driven Iterative Adaptation |
| RBM | Results-Based Management |
| RF | Results Framework |
| SAMOA | The Small Island Developing States Accelerated Modalities of Action |
| SDC | Swiss Agency for Development Co-operation |
| SDG | Sustainable Development Goals |
| SIDS | Small Island Developing States |
| SPI | Social Progress Index |
| ToC | Theory of Change |
| UDHR | Universal Declaration of Human Rights |
| UN | United Nations |
| UNDP | United Nations Development Programme |
| UNFCCC | United Nations Framework on Climate Change |
| UNFPA | United Nations Population Fund |
| UNICEF | United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund |
| UK | United Kingdom |
| USAID | United States Agency for International Development |
Effective Results Frameworks for Sustainable Development
Achieving Impact by Design