| ADB | Asian Development Bank |
| ASEAN | Association of South East Asian Nations |
| BIS | Bank for International Settlements |
| CARICOM | Caribbean Community and Common Market |
| CGCED | Caribbean Group for Cooperation in Economic Development |
| CIDA | Canadian International Development Agency |
| CIS | Commonwealth of Independent States |
| CMA | Common Monetary Area |
| ECB | European Central Bank |
| EMU | Economic and Monetary Union |
| ERM | exchange rate mechanism |
| ESAF | Enhanced Structural Adjustment Facility |
| ESRA | Economic and Social Reform Agenda |
| EU | European Union |
| GATT | General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade |
| GDDS | General Data Dissemination System |
| GDP | gross domestic product |
| GNP | gross national product |
| HIPC Initiative | Initiative for Heavily Indebted Poor Countries |
| IBRD | International Bank for Reconstruction and Development |
| IDA | International Development Association |
| IDB | Inter-American Development Bank |
| IFC | International Finance Corporation |
| IMF | International Monetary Fund |
| MDB | multilateral development bank |
| MIGA | Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency |
| NAB | New Arrangements to Borrow |
| NDS | national development strategy |
| NGO | nongovernmental organization |
| ODA | official development assistance |
| OECD | Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development |
| PIN | Press Information Notice |
| SACU | Southern African Customs Union |
| SADC | South African Development Community |
| SAP | Social Action Program |
| SAR | Special Administrative Region (Hong Kong, China) |
| SCA-2 | Second Special Contingency Account |
| SDDS | Special Data Dissemination Standard |
| SDR | special drawing right |
| SOE | state-owned enterprise |
| UN | United Nations |
| WTO | World Trade Organization |