Financing Southeast Asia's Blue Economy

Abbreviations and acronyms

ADB	Asian Development Bank
ACMF	ASEAN Capital Markets Forum
ASEAN	Association of Southeast Asian Nations
CCRIF SPC	Caribbean Catastrophe Risk Insurance Facility Segregated Portfolio Company
CO₂	Carbon dioxide
COAST	Caribbean Oceans and Aquaculture Sustainability Facility
DAC	Development Assistance Committee
DFC	United States International Development Finance Corporation
DFNS	Debt-for-nature swap
EEZ	Exclusive economic zone
ESG	Environmental, social and governance
EPI	Environmental Performance Index
FDI	Foreign direct investment
FTE	Full-time equivalent
GDP	Gross domestic product
GSSS	Green, social, sustainability and sustainability-linked
GVA	Gross value added
IBRD	International Bank for Reconstruction and Development
IDA	International Development Association
IDB	Inter-American Development Bank
IFC	International Finance Corporation
IUU	Illegal, unreported and unregulated (fishing)
Lao PDR	Lao People’s Democratic Republic
LDC	Least developed country
LIC	Low-income country
LMIC	Lower middle-income country
MDB	Multilateral development bank
MPA	Marine protected area
MSP	Marine spatial planning
NDC	Nationally Determined Contribution
NGO	Non-governmental organisation
OCR	Ordinary Capital Resources
ODA	Official development assistance
ODF	Official development finance
OECD	Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
OOF	Other official flows
PEFA	Public Expenditure and Financial Accountability
PES	Payment for ecosystem services
SDG	Sustainable Development Goal
SLB	Sustainability-linked bonds
TCFD	Task Force on Climate-Related Financial Disclosure
TFCCA	Tropical Forest and Coral Reef Conservation Act
THB	Thai baht
UMIC	Upper middle-income country
UNEP FI	United Nations Environment Programme Finance Initiative
USD	United States dollar
VAT	Value-added tax