Abbreviations and acronyms

4IR

Fourth Industrial Revolution

A4T

Aid for Trade

AfCFTA

African Continental Free Trade Area Agreement

AU

African Union

BIPOC

Black, indigenous and people of colour

BoP

Balance of payment

COP15

15th Climate Change Conference

COP27

27th Climate Change Conference

CPA

Country programmable aid

CRS

Creditor Reporting System

CSO

Civil society organisation

DAC

Development Assistance Committee (OECD)

DAH

Development assistance for health

DiT

Development in Transition

DREF

Disaster Response Emergency Fund

EC

European Commission

EU

European Union

FDI

Foreign direct investment

FFP

Feminist foreign policy

G7

Group of Seven

G20

Group of Twenty

GDP

Gross domestic product

GNI

Gross national income

GPG

Global public good

HIC

High-income country

IDA

International Development Association

IDRC

International Development Research Centre

IFF

Illicit financial flow

IMF

International Monetary Fund

INGO

International non-governmental organisation

LDC

Least developed country

LIC

Low-income country

LLDC

Landlocked developing country

LMIC

Lower middle-income country

MAPS

Methodology for Assessing Procurement Systems

MDB

Multinational development bank

MIC

Middle-income country

NDP

National development plan

NGO

Non-governmental organisation

NLP

Natural language processing

ODA

Official development assistance

PAGE

Policy Analysis on Growth and Employment

PCSD

Policy Coherence for Sustainable Development

PEP

Partnership for Economic Policy

SDG

Sustainable Development Goal

SDR

Special drawing rights

SIDS

Small island developing state

SSC

South-South co-operation

TOSSD

Total official support for sustainable development

UMIC

Upper middle-income country

UN

United Nations

UNDP

United Nations Development Programme

UNFCCC

United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change

USAID

United States Agency for International Development

USD

United States dollar

WHO

World Health Organization

WRO

Women’s rights organisation