| AGF | African Guarantee Fund |
| AECM | European Association of Mutual Guarantee Societies |
| AUD | Australian dollar |
| B2B | Business-to-Business |
| BBLS | Bounce Back Loan Scheme |
| BLS | Bank Lending Survey |
| BDC | Business Development Bank of Canada |
| CAD | Canadian dollar |
| CCCE | European Commission’s Covenant of Companies for Climate and Energy |
| CEO | Chief Executive Officer |
| COVID-19 | Coronavirus disease 2019 |
| CSMEE | Committee on SME and Entrepreneurship |
| CSRD | Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive |
| EC | European Commission |
| ECB | European Central Bank |
| EELS | Energy Efficient Loan Scheme |
| EERSF | Energy Efficiency and Renewable Sources Fund |
| EFRAG | European Financial Reporting Advisory Group |
| EIB | European Investment Bank |
| EIDL | Economic Injury Disaster Loans |
| EIF | European Investment Fund |
| EITI | Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative |
| ESG | Environment, Social, Governance |
| ESRS | European Sustainability Reporting Standard |
| ETS | Emissions Trading Scheme |
| EU | European Union |
| EUR | Euro |
| EVCA | European Venture Capital Association |
| FCFA | West African CFA franc |
| FCI | Factors Chain International |
| FIs | Financial Institutions |
| FIRA | Fideicomisos Instituidos en la Relación con la Agricultura (Trusted Institutes in Relation to Agriculture) |
| FOGAPE | Fondo de Garantía para Pequeños Empresarios (Guarantee Fund for Small Businesses) |
| FRF | Financial Reporting Framework |
| GBP | British pound |
| GDP | Gross domestic product |
| GHG | Greenhouse Gas |
| GFT | Green Finance Taxonomy |
| GPFI | G20 Global Partnership on Financial Inclusion |
| GRI | Global Reporting Initiative |
| IASB | International Accounting Standards Board |
| IFRS | International Financial Reporting Standards |
| IFCMA | Inclusive Forum on Carbon Mitigation Approaches |
| LPD | Late Payment Directive |
| IMF | International Monetary Fund |
| IRR | Internal Rate of Return |
| ISO | International Organization for Standardization |
| KPIs | Key Performance Indicators |
| MSME | Micro, Small and Medium enterprises |
| NPL | Non-performing loans |
| NVCA | National Venture Capital Association |
| OECD | Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development |
| PCAF | Partnership for Carbon Accounting Financials |
| PCGSs | Public Credit Guarantee Schemes |
| PE | Private equity |
| PFIs | Public Financial Institutions |
| RIA | Regulatory Impact Assessment |
| R&D | Research and development |
| SAFE | Survey on the Access to Finance of Enterprises |
| SBA | Small Business Administration |
| SBCI | Strategic Banking Cooperation of Ireland |
| SEK | Swedish krona |
| SMEs | Small and Medium Enterprises |
| SEA | South East Asia |
| TCFD | Climate-related Financial Disclosure |
| TANKAN | Business Short-Term Economic Sentiment Survey (Japan) |
| TRY | Turkish Lire |
| UNCTAD | United Nations Conference on Trade and Development |
| UNEP | United Nations Environmental Programme |
| VC | Venture capital |
| WTO | World Trade Organization |
Financing SMEs and Entrepreneurs 2024
An OECD Scoreboard
