| AAAA | Addis Ababa Action Agenda |
| ACP | African, Caribbean and Pacific |
| ADB | Asian Development Bank |
| AfDB | African Development Bank |
| AIIB | Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank |
| AMC | Advance Market Commitment |
| ADB | Asian Development Bank |
| BMGF | Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation |
| BRI | Belt and Road Initiative |
| BRICS | Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa |
| CAF | Corporacion Andina de Fomento – Banco de Desarrollo de América Latina (Development Bank of Latin America) |
| CDC | Commonwealth Development Corporation |
| CHAP | Common Humanitarian Action Plans |
| CRS | Creditor Reporting System |
| CSO | Civil society organisation |
| DAC | Development Assistance Committee |
| DFI | Development finance institutions |
| DFID | Department for International Development |
| EBRD | European Bank for Reconstruction and Development |
| EC | European Commission |
| ECOSOC | United Nations Economic and Social Council |
| EDF | European Development Fund |
| EFSD | European Fund for Sustainable Development |
| EIB | European Investment bank |
| EIP | external investment plan |
| EU | European Union |
| GATT | General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade |
| GAVI | Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunisation |
| GCF | Global Climate Fund |
| GDP | Gross domestic product |
| GEEREF | Global Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Fund |
| GEF | Global Environment Facility |
| GFEA | Guarantee Fund for External Actions |
| GHD | Good humanitarian donorship |
| GHG | Greenhouse gas |
| GNI | Gross national income |
| GPG | Global public goods |
| IADB | Inter-American Development Bank |
| IBRD | International Bank for Reconstruction and Development |
| IDA | International Development Association |
| IFAD | International Fund for Agricultural Development |
| IFC | International Finance Corporation |
| IFFIM | |
| IFI | International Financing Institution |
| ILO | International Labour Office |
| IMF | International Monetary Fund |
| IsDB | Islamic Development Bank |
| LDC | Least developed country |
| LIC | Low-income country |
| LMIC | Large middle-income country |
| MAR | Multilateral Aid Review |
| MCC | Millennium Challenge Corporation |
| MDB | Multilateral development banks |
| MFF | Multiannual Financial Framework |
| MIGA | Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency |
| MOPAN | Multilateral Organisation Performance Assessment Network |
| MPA | Multilateral Performance Assessment |
| MPFM | Multilateral Pooled-Funding Mechanism |
| NATO | North Atlantic Treaty Organization |
| NDICI | Neighbourhood, Development and International Co-operation Instrument |
| NGO | Non-governmental organisations |
| ODA | Official development assistance |
| OECD | Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development |
| PIR | Policy and institutional reforms |
| PPP | Public-private partnership |
| PSD | Private sector development |
| PSW | Private sector windows |
| QCPR | Quadrennial Comprehensive Policy Review |
| RCS | Resident co-ordinator system |
| SDG | Sustainable Development Goals |
| SDR | Special drawing rights |
| SIDS | Small island development states |
| SME | Small and medium-sized enterprises |
| SPV | Special purpose vehicle |
| TOSSD | Total official support for sustainable development |
| UMICs | Upper middle-income countries |
| UN | United Nations |
| UNAIDS | Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS |
| UNCTAD | United Nations Conference on Trade and Development |
| UNDP | United Nations Development Programme |
| UNDS | United Nations Development System |
| UNFCCC | United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change |
| UNFPA | United Nations Population Fund |
| UNGA | United Nations General Assembly |
| UNHCR | United Nations Refugee Agency |
| UNICEF | United Nations Children's Fund |
| UNODC | United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime |
| WFP | World Food Programme |
| WHO | World Health Organization |
| WIPO | World Intellectual Property Organisation |
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