Acronyms and Abbreviations
| Acronym | Expanded Form |
|---|---|
| 3ie | International Initiative for Impact Evaluation |
| AfDB | African Development Bank |
| APPI | aggregate project performance indicator |
| AsDB | Asian Development Bank |
| BSTDB | Black Sea Trade and Development Bank |
| CEB | Council of Europe Development Bank |
| CED | Central Evaluation Department |
| C-GPS | core-good practice standard |
| CR | completion report |
| CSP | country strategy and program |
| CSPE | country strategy and program evaluation |
| EBRD | European Bank for Reconstruction and Development |
| ECG | Evaluation Cooperation Group |
| EIB | European Investment Bank |
| EP | evaluation principle |
| ERR | economic rate of return |
| ESMS | environmental and social management system |
| FRR | financial rate of return |
| GEF | Global Environment Facility |
| GPS | good practice standard |
| IADB | Inter-American Development Bank |
| IFAD | International Fund for Agricultural Development |
| IFI | international financial institution |
| IsDB | Islamic Development Bank |
| MDB | multilateral development bank |
| MDG | Millennium Development Goal |
| MIGA | Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency |
| NONIE | The Network of Networks on Impact Evaluation |
| OECD–DAC | Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development–Development Assistance Committee |
| O-GPS | optional-good practice standard |
| OP | operational practice |
| PBL | policy-based lending or policy-based loan |
| PER | performance evaluation report |
| ROE | return on equity |
| TA | technical assistance |
| UN | United Nations |
| WACC | weighted average cost of capital |
| WBG | World Bank Group |
| WGPUB | Public Sector Working Group of the Evaluation Cooperation Group |
| XASR | expanded annual supervision report |
| XASR-A | XASR-Assessment |