Acronyms and abbreviations

AGF

African Guarantee Fund

AECM

European Association of Mutual Guarantee Societies

AUD

Australian dollar

B2B

Business-to-Business

BBLS

Bounce Back Loan Scheme

BLS

Bank Lending Survey

BDC

Business Development Bank of Canada

CAD

Canadian dollar

CCCE

European Commission’s Covenant of Companies for Climate and Energy

CEO

Chief Executive Officer

COVID-19

Coronavirus disease 2019

CSMEE

Committee on SME and Entrepreneurship

CSRD

Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive

EC

European Commission

ECB

European Central Bank

EELS

Energy Efficient Loan Scheme

EERSF

Energy Efficiency and Renewable Sources Fund

EFRAG

European Financial Reporting Advisory Group

EIB

European Investment Bank

EIDL

Economic Injury Disaster Loans

EIF

European Investment Fund

EITI

Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative

ESG

Environment, Social, Governance

ESRS

European Sustainability Reporting Standard

ETS

Emissions Trading Scheme

EU

European Union

EUR

Euro

EVCA

European Venture Capital Association

FCFA

West African CFA franc

FCI

Factors Chain International

FIs

Financial Institutions

FIRA

Fideicomisos Instituidos en la Relación con la Agricultura (Trusted Institutes in Relation to Agriculture)

FOGAPE

Fondo de Garantía para Pequeños Empresarios (Guarantee Fund for Small Businesses)

FRF

Financial Reporting Framework

GBP

British pound

GDP

Gross domestic product

GHG

Greenhouse Gas

GFT

Green Finance Taxonomy

GPFI

G20 Global Partnership on Financial Inclusion

GRI

Global Reporting Initiative

IASB

International Accounting Standards Board

IFRS

International Financial Reporting Standards

IFCMA

Inclusive Forum on Carbon Mitigation Approaches

LPD

Late Payment Directive

IMF

International Monetary Fund

IRR

Internal Rate of Return

ISO

International Organization for Standardization

KPIs

Key Performance Indicators

MSME

Micro, Small and Medium enterprises

NPL

Non-performing loans

NVCA

National Venture Capital Association

OECD

Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development

PCAF

Partnership for Carbon Accounting Financials

PCGSs

Public Credit Guarantee Schemes

PE

Private equity

PFIs

Public Financial Institutions

RIA

Regulatory Impact Assessment

R&D

Research and development

SAFE

Survey on the Access to Finance of Enterprises

SBA

Small Business Administration

SBCI

Strategic Banking Cooperation of Ireland

SEK

Swedish krona

SMEs

Small and Medium Enterprises

SEA

South East Asia

TCFD

Climate-related Financial Disclosure

TANKAN

Business Short-Term Economic Sentiment Survey (Japan)

TRY

Turkish Lire

UNCTAD

United Nations Conference on Trade and Development

UNEP

United Nations Environmental Programme

VC

Venture capital

WTO

World Trade Organization

ISO Country Abbreviations
AUS	Australia	JPN	Japan
AUT	Austria	KAZ	Kazakhstan
BEL	Belgium	KOR	Korea
BRA	Brazil	LTU	Lithuania
CAN	Canada	LUX	Luxembourg
CHE	Switzerland	LVA	Latvia
CHN	People's Republic of China	MYS	Malaysia
CHL	Chile	MEX	Mexico
COL	Colombia	NLD	Netherlands
CZE	Czech Republic	NZL	New Zealand
DNK	Denmark	NOR	Norway
ESP	Spain	PER	Peru
EST	Estonia	POL	Poland
FIN	Finland	PRT	Portugal
FRA	France	SRB	Serbia
GBR	United Kingdom	SVK	Slovak Republic
GEO	Georgia	SVN	Slovenia
GRC	Greece	SWE	Sweden
HUN	Hungary	THA	Thailand
IDN	Indonesia	TUR	Türkiye
IRL	Ireland	UKR	Ukraine
ISR	Israel	USA	United States
ITA	Italy	ZAF	South Africa