Abbreviations and Acronyms

AAAA Addis Ababa Action Agenda

ACG Arab Co-ordination Group

ADB Asian Development Bank

AFD Agence française de développement

AfDB African Development Bank

ARIZ AFD’s partial risk-sharing guarantee

BMGF Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

BMZ Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (Germany)

CAPEX Capital expenditure

CBS Container based sanitation

CEPT Centre for Environmental Planning and Technology

CPR Centre for Policy Research

CIV Collective investment vehicle

CrEW Caribbean Regional fund for Wastewater management

CRS Creditor reporting system

DAC Development Assistance Committee

DBOOT Design, build, own, operate and transfer

DBSA Development Bank of Southern Africa

DBP Development Bank of the Philippines

DFI Development finance institution

DFID Department for International Development (United Kingdom)

EAIF Emerging Africa Infrastructure Fund

EBRD European Bank for Reconstruction and Development

ECA Export Credit Agency

EDFI Association of European Development Finance Institutions

EGAT Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand

EIB European Investment Bank

EU European Union

EUR Euro

EWSA Energy Water and Sanitation Authority Rwanda

FAMM Monterrey Metropolitan Water Fund

FMO Netherlands Development Finance Company

FONAG Fondo Para La Protección Del Agua

FSM Faecal sludge management

FSTP Faecal sludge treatment plant

FTB Foreign Trade Bank

GEF Global Environment Facility

GIIN Global Impact Investing Network

GIZ Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit

GUARDIAN Gramalaya Urban and Rural Development Initiatives and Network

HZL Hindustan Zinc Limited

IADB Inter-American Development Bank

IDA International Development Association

IFC International Finance Corporation

IIPSA Infrastructure Investment Programme of South Africa

IMF International Monetary Fund

IMP Impact Management Project

JCEF Jamaica Credit Enhancement Facility

JICA Japan International Cooperation Agency

JMD Jamaican dollar

KIS Kalangala Infrastructure Investment Services

KOMIDA Koperasi Mitra Dhuafa

KWL Kigali Water Limited

LBS Land-Based Sources

LDC Least developed country

LGUGC Local Government Unit Guarantee Corporation

MDB Multilateral development bank

MEWAR Managing Environment through Waste Reuse

MFI Microfinance institution

MIGA Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency

MPWI Multi-purpose water infrastructure

MWI Ministry of Water and Irrigation in Jordan

NCB National Commercial Bank

NGO Non-governmental organisation

NRW Non-revenue water

NT2 Nam Theun 2

NTPC Nam Theun 2 Power Company

NWC National Water Commission, Jamaica

NZD New Zealand dollar

OBA Output based aid

ODA Official development assistance

OOF Other Official Flows

ODF Open Defecation Free

OECD Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development

OPEX Operational expenditure

OPIC Overseas Private Investment Corporation

PDAM Perusahaan Daerah Air Minum

PDR Lao People’s Democratic Republic

PhP Philippine peso

PIDG Private Infrastructure Development Group

PPA Power purchase agreement

PPIAF Public-Private Infrastructure Advisory Facility

PPP Public-private partnership

PWRF Philippines Water Revolving Fund

RCT Randomized controlled trial

RWF Rwandan francs

SAB Sustainability Awareness Bond

SDGs Sustainable Development Goals

SDIP Sustainable Development Investment Partnership

Sida Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency

SIWI Stockholm International Water Institute

SFF Stone Family Foundation

SPV Special purpose vehicle

TA Technical Assistance

TBC Toilet Board Coalition

TNC The Nature Conservancy

THK Tri Hita Karana Roadmap for Blended Finance

UN United Nations

UNCDF United Nations Capital Development Fund

UN DESA United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs

UNDP United Nations Development Programme

UNICEF United Nations Children's Fund

USAID United States Agency for International Development

USAID DCA USAID’s Development Credit Authority

USD United States dollar

WASAC National water and sanitation utility

WASH Water, sanitation and hygiene

WCWDM Water conservation, water demand management

WHO World Health Organisation

WOP Water Operators Partnership

WSP Water Service Provider

WSPF Water and Sanitation Pooled Fund

WSS Water supply and sanitation

WWF World Wide Fund for Nature

Abbreviations and Acronyms