List of Abbreviations

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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