Financing SMEs and Entrepreneurs 2019

Acronyms and abbreviations

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 Rial
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
ERP	European Rescue Programme
EU	European Union
EUR	Euro

EURIBOREuro 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
IDR	Indonesian Rupiah
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
PEN	Peruvian Nuevo Sol
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

ISO Country Abbreviations

 

AUS	Australia	JPN	Japan
AUT	Austria	KAZ	Kazakhstan
BEL	Belgium	KOR	Korea
BRA	Brazil	LTU	Lithuania
CAN	Canada	LUX	Luxembourg
CHE	Switzerland	LVA	Latvia
CHN	People's Republic of China	MYS	Malaysia
CHL	Chile	MEX	Mexico
COL	Colombia	NLD	Netherlands
CZE	Czech Republic	NZL	New Zealand
DNK	Denmark	NOR	Norway
ESP	Spain	PER	Peru
EST	Estonia	POL	Poland
FIN	Finland	PRT	Portugal
FRA	France	RUS	Russian Federation
GBR	United Kingdom	SRB	Serbia
GEO	Georgia	SVK	Slovak Republic
GRC	Greece	SVN	Slovenia
HUN	Hungary	SWE	Sweden
IDN	Indonesia	THA	Thailand
IRL	Ireland	TUR	Turkey
ISR	Israel	USA	United States
ITA	Italy	ZAF	South Africa