List of Abbreviations*
- International Monetary Fund. Monetary and Capital Markets Department
- Published Date:
- August 1986

African, Caribbean, and Pacific State signatories to the Lomé Convention with the EC
Asian Clearing Union (or Unit)
Asian Development Bank
African Development Fund
African Development Bank
Asian Monetary Unit
Association of South East Asian Nations
Central Bank of West African States (Banque Centrale des Etats de l’Afrique de l’Ouest)
Bank of Central African States (Banque des Etats de l’Afrique Centrale)
Belgian-Luxembourg Economic Union
Central American Common Market
Common Agricultural Policy (of the EC)
Caribbean Common Market
Customs Cooperation Council Nomenclature
Economic Community of the Great Lakes Countries
Council for Mutual Economic Assistance
Caribbean Multilateral Clearing Facility
Development Aid Committee (of the OECD)
European Community
United Nations, Economic Commission for Africa
Eastern Caribbean Central Bank
East Caribbean Common Market
Economic Cooperation Organization
Economic Community of West African States (CEDEAO)
European Coal and Steel Community
European Currency Unit
European Free Trade Association
European Monetary System
European Atomic Energy Community
Export Import Bank
General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade
Gulf Cooperation Council (Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf
Generalized System of Preferences
International Bank for International Cooperation
International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (World Bank)
International Development Association
International Finance Corporation
International Monetary Fund
Latin American Integration Association (ALADI)
London interbank offered rate
Multifiber Arrangement
Most favored nation
Multilateral Trade Negotiations
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Organization of African Unity
Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development
Organization for European Economic Cooperation
Preferential Trade Area for Eastern and Southern African States
Rand Monetary Area
Southern African Telecommunications Administration
Special drawing right
South Pacific Regional Trade and Cooperation Agreement
Central African Customs and Economic Union (Union Douanière et Economique de l’Afrique Centrale)
United Nations
West African Economic Community (CEAO)
West African Monetary Union
This list does not include abbreviations of purely national institutions mentioned in the country pages.