| AEC | ASEAN Economic Community |
| ASEAN | Association of Southeast Asian Nations |
| AU | African Union |
| CEPGL | Economic Community of the Great Lakes Region |
| CGE | Computable General Equilibrium (model) |
| EAC | East African Community |
| ECLM | Assessing the Economic Contribution of Labour Migration in Developing Countries as Countries of Destination |
| ECOWAS | Economic Community of West African States |
| EEU | Eurasian Economic Union |
| GDP | Gross domestic product |
| ILMS | International Labour Migration Statistics Database for ASEAN |
| ILO | International Labour Organization |
| ILS | International Labour Standards |
| INADI | National Institute against Discrimination, Xenophobia and Racism in Argentina |
| MERCOSUR | Southern Common Market (Mercado Común del Sur) |
| NEET | Young people not in education, employment or training |
| NSE | Non-standard employment |
| OECD | Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development |
| SADC | Southern African Development Community |
| SAQA | South African Qualifications Authority |
| SDGs | Sustainable Development Goals |
| SICA | Central American Integration System (Sistema de la Integración Centroamericana) |
| SIGI | Social Institutions and Gender Index |
| USD | United States dollar |
| WESA | Women Entrepreneurs Support Association in Kyrgyzstan |