ADB | Asian Development Bank |
AUM | Assets under management |
CAR | Capital adequacy ratio |
CGAP | Consultative Group to Assist the Poor |
CPP | Client protection principles |
DFI | Development finance institution |
DJSI | Dow Jones Sustainability Index |
EBRD | European Bank for Reconstruction and Development |
ECB | European Central Bank |
ESG | Environmental, social and governance |
FINMA | Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority (Eidgenössische Finanzmarktaufsicht) |
FMO | Dutch Development Bank |
GDP | Gross domestic product |
GPFI | Global Partnership for Financial Inclusion |
IFC | International Finance Corporation |
ILO | International Labour Organization |
IMF | International Monetary Fund |
INDECOPI | Instituto Nacional de Defensa de la Competencia y de la Protección de la Propiedad Intelectual (Peru) |
KfW | Kreditanstalt für Wiederaufbau (German Development Bank) |
MDG | Millennium development goal |
MFI | Microfinance financial institution |
MIV | Microfinance investment vehicle |
MPT | Modern portfolio theory |
MSME | Micro‐, small‐ and medium‐sized enterprise |
NBFI | Non‐bank financial institution |
NE | Nash equilibrium |
NGO | Non‐governmental organization |
OECD | Organization for Economic Co‐operation and Development |
OeEB | Oesterreichische Entwicklungsbank (Austrian Development Bank) |
OPEC | Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries |
PAR | Portfolio at risk |
PAT | Poverty assessment tool |
PPI | Progress out of Poverty Index |
PRI | Principles for Responsible Investment |
RoA | Return on asset |
RoE | Return on equity |
SBS | Superintendencia de Bancos y Seguros (prudential authority for banks and insurances in Ecuador) |
SDG | Sustainable development goals |
SFG | Sustainable Finance Geneva |
SI | Sustainable investment |
SME | Small‐ and medium‐sized enterprise |
SMX | Symbiotics Microfinance Index (comprises listed global bond funds that mainly invest in microfinance) |
SNI | Socially neutral investing |
SPIRIT | Social Performance Impact Reporting and Intelligence Tool |
SPTF | Social Performance Task Force |
SRI | Socially responsible investment |
SSF | Swiss Sustainable Finance (platform promoting Switzerland as a leading center for sustainable finance) |
TA | Technical Assistance |
TER | Total Expense Ratio |
UN | United Nations |
UNCTAD | United Nations Conference on Trade and Development |
UNDP | United Nations Development Programme |
UNEP | United Nations Environment Programme |
USD | US dollar |
USSPM | Universal Standards of Social Performance Management |
WEF | World Economic Forum |
WTO | World Trade Organization |
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