| AAAA | Addis Ababa Action Agenda |
| ADB | Asian Development Bank |
| AIMS | Africa, Indian Ocean, Mediterranean and South China Sea |
| AML-CFT | Anti-money laundering and counter-terrorist financing |
| AOSIS | Alliance of Small Island States |
| AUD | Australian dollar |
| BPOA | Barbados Plan of Action |
| CARICOM | Caribbean Community |
| CCRIF | Caribbean Catastrophe Risk Insurance Facility |
| CDB | Caribbean Development Bank |
| COP22 | Twenty-second Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change |
| CRED | Collaborating Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters |
| CRS | Creditor reporting system |
| DAC | OECD Development Assistance Committee |
| EDF | European Development Fund |
| EEZ | Economic exclusion zones |
| EM-DAT | International disaster database |
| EU | European Union |
| EVI | Economic Vulnerability Index |
| FAO | Food and Agriculture Organization |
| FDI | Foreign direct investment |
| FERDI | Foundation for International Development Study and Research |
| GCF | Green Climate Fund |
| GDP | Gross domestic product |
| GEF | Global Environment Facility |
| GF | Global Fund |
| GNI | Gross national income |
| HDI | Human Development Index |
| HHI | Herfindahl-Hirschman Index |
| HIPC | Heavily Indebted Poor Countries |
| IBRD | International Bank for Reconstruction and Development |
| IDA | International Development Association |
| IDB | Inter-American Development Bank |
| IFAD | International Fund for Agriculture and Development |
| IMF | International Monetary Fund |
| ISDB | Islamic Development Bank |
| IUU | Illicit, unreported and unregulated fishing activities |
| LDC | Least developed country |
| LMICs | Lower middle-income countries |
| MDB | Multilateral development bank |
| MICs | Middle income countries |
| NDA | National Designated Authority |
| ODA | Official development assistance |
| PCRAFI | Pacific Catastrophe Risk Assessment and Financing Initiative |
| PIFS | Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat |
| SDG | Sustainable Development Goals |
| SDR | Special drawing rights |
| SIDS | Small island developing states |
| SME | Small and medium-sized enterprises |
| UMICs | Upper middle-income countries |
| UN | United Nations |
| UN-OHRLLS | UN Office of the High Representative for the Least Developed Countries, Landlocked Developing Countries and Small Island Developing States |
| UNCTAD | United Nations Conference on Trade and Development |
| UNDP | United Nations Development Programme |
| UNWTO | United Nations World Tourism Organization |
| USD | US dollar |