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 |