| ADB | Asian Development Bank |
| AECM | European Association of Mutual Guarantee Societies |
| AUD | Australian Dollar |
| B2B | Business-to-Business |
| B2C | Business-to-Customer |
| B2G | Business-to-Government |
| BIS | Bank for International Settlements |
| BLS | Bank Lending Survey |
| BRL | Brazilian Real |
| CAD | Canadian Dollar |
| CDS | Credit Default Swap |
| CGS | Credit Guarantee Scheme |
| CHF | Swiss Franc |
| CLO | Collateralised debt obligation |
| CLP | Chilean Peso |
| COP | Colombian Peso |
| CZK | Czech Koruna |
| DKK | Danish Krone |
| EBRD | European Bank for Reconstruction and Development |
| EC | European Commission |
| ECB | European Central Bank |
| EIB | European Investment Bank |
| EIF | European Investment Fund |
| EU | European Union |
| EUR | Euro |
| EURIBOR | Euro Interbank Offered Rate |
| EVCA | European Venture Capital Association |
| FCI | Factors Chain International |
| G20 | Group of 20 |
| GBP | British Pound |
| GEL | Georgian Lari |
| GDP | Gross Domestic Product |
| GPFI | Global Partnership for Financial Inclusion |
| HUF | Hungarian Forint |
| IFC | International Finance Corporation |
| IMF | International Monetary Fund |
| IPO | Initial Public Offering |
| IT | Information Technology |
| JPY | Japanese Yen |
| KRW | Korean Won |
| KZT | Kazakhstani Tenge |
| MFI | Micro Finance Institution |
| MSME | Micro, small and medium-sized enterprise |
| MXN | Mexican Peso |
| MYR | Malaysian Ringgit |
| NFIB | National Federation of Independent Business |
| NIS | Israeli New Shekel |
| NOK | Norwegian Krone |
| NPL | Non-performing loan |
| NZD | New Zealand Dollar |
| OECD | Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development |
| PCS | Prime collateralised securities |
| PE | Private Equity |
| PLN | Polish Zloty |
| R&D | Research and development |
| RMB | Chinese Renminbi |
| RSD | Serbian Dinar |
| RSI | Risk Sharing Instrument |
| RUB | New Russian Ruble |
| SAFE | Survey on the Access to Finance of Enterprises |
| SBA | Small Business Act |
| SEK | Swedish Krona |
| SME | Small and medium-sized enterprise |
| THB | Thai Baht |
| TRY | Turkish Lira |
| NYSE | New York Stock Exchange |
| UF | Unidad de Fomento |
| USAID | United States Agency for International Development |
| USD | United States Dollar |
| VC | Venture Capital |
| WB | World Bank |
| WPSMEE | Working Party on SMEs and Entrepreneurship |
| ZAR | South African Rand |
Financing SMEs and Entrepreneurs 2018
An OECD Scoreboard
