| BGR | Federal Institute for Geosciences and Natural Resources |
| BMBF | Federal Ministry of Education and Research |
| BMEL | Federal Ministry of Food Security and Agriculture |
| BMF | Federal Ministry of Finance |
| BMFSFJ | Federal Ministry for Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth |
| BMI | Federal Ministry of the Interior, Building and Community |
| BMU | Federal Ministry for Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety |
| BMVg | Federal Ministry of Defence |
| BMVI | Federal Ministry of Transport and Digital Information |
| BMWi | Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy |
| BMZ | Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development |
| CBPF | Country-based pooled funds |
| CDI | Commitment to Development Index |
| CRS | Creditor Reporting System |
| CSO | Civil society organisation |
| DAC | Development Assistance Committee (OECD) |
| DEG | Deutsche Investitions- und Entwicklungsgesellschaft (KfW) |
| DERa | Development Effectiveness Rating |
| DEval | German Institute for Development Evaluation |
| EU | European Union |
| G7 | Group of Seven |
| G20 | Group of Twenty |
| GIZ | Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH |
| GPEDC | Global Partnership for Effective Development Co-operation |
| IATI | International Aid Transparency Initiative |
| ICT | Information communications technology |
| KfW | KfW Development Bank |
| LAC | Latin America and the Caribbean |
| LDC | Least developed country |
| NGO | Non-governmental organisation |
| ODA | Official development assistance |
| OECD | Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development |
| PSEAH | Preventing sexual exploitation, abuse and harassment |
| PTB | National Metrology Institute (Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt) |
| SDG | Sustainable Development Goal |
| SME | Small and medium-sized enterprise |
| THW | Federal Agency for Technical Relief |
| TOSSD | Total Official Support for Sustainable Development |
| TVET | Technical and vocational education and training |
| UN | United Nations |
| WTO | World Trade Organization |
OECD Development Co‑operation Peer Reviews: Germany 2021
