| ACC | Australian Civilian Corps |
| ACFID | Australian Council for International Development |
| AGB | Aid Governance Board |
| AIC | Aid Investment Committee |
| AIP | Aid Investment Plan |
| ANCP | Australia NGO Cooperation Programme |
| APG | Aid Programming Guide |
| APPR | Aid Programme Performance Report |
| AQC | Aid Quality Check |
| AsDB | Asian Development Bank |
| ASEAN | Association of Southeast Asian Nations |
| ATI | Addis Tax Initiative |
| AusAID | Australian Agency for International Development |
| AVID | Australian Volunteers for International Development |
| CAP | Capability Action Plan |
| CERF | Central Emergency Response Fund (UN OCHA) |
| CGD | Center for Global Development |
| CSO | Civil society organisation |
| DAC | Development Assistance Committee |
| DFAT | Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (Australia) |
| DFQF | Duty-free, quota-free |
| DPC | Development Policy Committee |
| FATF | Financial Action Task Force |
| GNI | Gross national income |
| GoA | Government of Australia |
| GPEDC | Global Partnership for Effective Development Co-operation |
| IEC | Independent Evaluation Committee |
| IQR | Investment quality reporting |
| iXc | InnovationXchange |
| KMU | Knowledge management unit |
| LDC | Least developed country |
| M&E | Monitoring and evaluation |
| MDAC | Mental Disability Advocacy Centre |
| MOPAN | Multilateral Organisation Performance Assessment Network |
| MOU | Memorandum of Understanding |
| MPA | Multilateral Performance Assessment |
| NDS | National Development Strategy |
| NGO | Non-governmental organisation |
| ODA | Official development assistance |
| ODE | Office of Development Effectiveness |
| PACER Plus | Pacific Agreement on Closer Economic Relations Plus |
| PAF | Performance assessment framework |
| PFIP | Pacific Financial Inclusion Programme |
| PFM | Public financial management |
| PIDG | Private Infrastructure Development Group |
| PIF | Pacific Islands Forum |
| PNG | Papua New Guinea |
| PPA | Partner Performance Assessment |
| RAMSI | Regional Assistance Mission to Solomon Islands |
| SDG | Sustainable Development Goal |
| SIDS | Small island developing states |
| SIGP | Solomon Islands Growth Programme |
| SRB | Stabilisation and Recovery Branch |
| SWP | Seasonal Worker Programme |
| UNDP | United Nations Development Programme |
| UNFCCC | United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change |
| UNFPA | United Nations Population Fund |
| UNHCR | United Nations Refugee Agency |
| UNHRD | United Nations Humanitarian Response Depot |
| UNISDR | United Nations International Strategy for Disaster Reduction |
| UNOCHA | United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs |
| WFP | World Food Programme |