| AAM | Automatic adjustment mechanisms |
| AI | Artificial intelligence |
| APY | Atal Pension Yojana |
| CBT | Community-based targeted |
| CI | Confidence interval |
| CMIP6 | Coupled Model Intercomparison Project Phase 6 |
| COBSI | Community-based smallholder irrigation |
| DB | Defined benefit |
| DC | Defined contribution |
| EM-DAT | Emergency Events Database |
| EMDE | Emerging markets and developing economies |
| ERA5 | European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF) Reanalysis v5 |
| FAO | Food and Agriculture Organization |
| FfD4 | Fourth International Conference on Financing for Development |
| GAUL | Global Administrative Unit Layers |
| GDP | Gross domestic product |
| ICLS | International Conference of Labour Statisticians |
| ICSE | International Classification of Status of Employment |
| ICTs | Information and communication technologies |
| ILO | International Labour Organization |
| IMF | International Monetary Fund |
| IPCC | Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change |
| ISCED | International Standard Classification of Education |
| ISCO | International Standard Classification of Occupations |
| ISIC | International Standard Industrial Classification of All Economic Activities |
| JICA | Japan International Cooperation Agency |
| KIIbIH | Key Indicators of Informality based on Individuals and their Household |
| LLM | Large language models |
| LMIC | Low- and middle-income country |
| NDC | Notionally defined contribution |
| OECD | Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development |
| OSH | Occupational safety and health |
| PIAAC | Survey of Adult Skills |
| PMT | Proxy-means tested |
| PPP | Purchasing power parity |
| PTR | Presumptive tax regime |
| R&D | Research and development |
| SDG | Sustainable Development Goal |
| SE | Standard error |
| SIDA | Swedish International Development Cooperation Agen |
| SME | Small and medium-sized enterprise |
| SP | Social protection |
| SSP | Shared Socio-economic Pathways |
| TFP | Total factor productivity |
| TVET | Technical and vocational education and training |
| UN | United Nations |
| USP2030 | Global Partnership for Universal Social Protection |
| VAT | Value-added tax |
| VET | Vocational education and training |
| W | Watt |
| WBGT | Wet bulb globe temperature |
| WIEGO | Women in Informal Employment Globalizing and Organizing |
Securing the Livelihoods of Informal Economy Workers in Times of Global Changes
