Acronyms and Abbreviations
AIDS | acquired immunodeficiency syndrome |
AMT | principal repayments |
BOD | biochemical oxygen demand |
BOP | balance of payments |
CAB | current account balance |
CD | current U.S. dollars |
c.i.f. | cost, insurance, and freight |
CFC | chlorofluorocarbon |
CO2 | carbon dioxide |
COM | commitments |
COMTRADE | United Nations Statistics Division's Commodity Trade database |
CPI | consumer price index |
CRS | Creditor Reporting System (of the OECD) |
cu. m | cubic meter |
DDSR | Debt and debt service reduction |
DEC | World Bank's Development Economics department |
DHS | Demographic and Health Survey |
DIS | disbursements |
DMTU | dry metric ton unit |
DOD | debt outstanding and disbursed |
DOTS | directly observed treatment, short-course (strategy) |
DPT | diphtheria, pertussis, and tetanus |
DRS | World Bank's Debtor Reporting System |
EDT | total external debt, including short-term and use of IMF credit |
ESAF | Enhanced Structural Adjustment Facility |
f.o.b. | free on board |
FDI | foreign direct investment |
FHS | Family Health Survey |
FPI | food price index |
GDP | gross domestic product |
GEMS | Global Environment Monitoring System |
GIS | geographic information system |
GNI | gross national income (formerly referred to as GNP) |
GNP | gross national product (now referred to as GNI) |
ha | hectare |
HIPC | heavily indebted poor country |
HIV | human immunodeficiency virus |
ICD | International Classification of Diseases |
ICRG | International Country Risk Guide |
ICSE | International Classification of Status in Employment |
ICT | information and communications technology |
INT | interest payments |
IP | Internet Protocol |
ISCED | International Standard Classification of Education |
ISIC | International Standard Industrial Classification |
ISP | Internet service provider |
KD | constant U.S. dollars |
kg | kilogram |
km | kilometer |
kwh | kilowatt-hour |
LCFAR | liabilities constituting foreign authorities' reserves |
LCU | local currency units |
LDOD | long-term debt outstanding and disbursed |
LIBOR | London interbank offered rate |
LSMS | Living Standards Measurement Study |
L-T | long-term |
M0 | currency and coins (monetary base) |
M1 | narrow money (currency and demand deposits) |
M2 | money plus quasi money |
M3 | broad money or liquid liabilities |
MGS | imports of goods and service |
MICS | Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey |
mmbtu | millions of British thermal units |
mt | metric ton |
MUV | manufactures unit value |
MYRA | Multiyear rescheduling agreement |
NEAP | national environmental action plan |
NFL | net flows on debt |
NGO | nongovernmental organization |
NO2 | nitrogen dioxide |
NTR | net transfers on debt |
ODA | official development assistance |
PAPCHILD | Pan Arab Project for Child Development |
PC | personal computer |
PNG | private nonguaranteed external debt |
PPG | public and publicly guaranteed external debt |
PPI | private participation in infrastructure |
PPP | purchasing power parity |
R&D | research and development |
RDB | regional development banks |
RES | international reserves |
RHS | Reproductive Health Survey |
S&P/IFCG | Standard & Poor's/International Finance Corporation Global (index) |
S&P/IFCI | Standard & Poor's/International Finance Corporation Investable (index) |
SDR | special drawing right (of the IMF) |
SITC | Standard International Trade Classification |
SNA | System of National Accounts |
SO2 | sulfur dioxide |
SOPEMI | Continuous Reporting System on Migration |
sq. km | square kilometer |
S-T | short-term |
STD | sexually transmitted disease |
TB | tuberculosis |
TDS | total debt service |
TFP | total factor productivity |
ton-km | metric ton-kilometers |
TSP | total suspended particulates |
WBXD | World Bank External Debt System |
XGS | exports of goods and services |
Organizations
ADB | Asian Development Bank |
AfDB | African Development Bank |
APEC | Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation |
BIS | Bank for International Settlements |
CDC | Centers for Disease Control and Prevention |
CDIAC | Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center |
CEC | Commission of the European Community |
DAC | Development Assistance Committee of the OECD |
EBRD | European Bank for Reconstruction and Development |
EDF | European Development Fund |
EFTA | European Free Trade Area |
EIB | European Investment Bank |
EMU | European Monetary Union |
EU | European Union |
Eurostat | Statistical Office of the European Communities |
FAO | Food and Agriculture Organization |
FYR | former Yugoslav Republic |
G-5 | France , Germany, Japan, United Kingdom, and United States |
G-7 | G-5 plus Canada and Italy |
G-8 | G-7 plus Russian Federation |
GEF | Global Environment Facility |
IBRD | International Bank for Reconstruction and Development |
ICAO | International Civil Aviation Organization |
ICP | International Comparison Programme |
ICSID | International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes |
IDA | International Development Association |
IDB | Inter-American Development Bank |
IDC | International Data Corporation |
IEA | International Energy Agency |
IFC | International Finance Corporation |
ILO | International Labour Organization |
IMF | International Monetary Fund |
IRF | International Road Federation |
ITU | International Telecommunication Union |
IUCN | World Conservation Union |
MIGA | Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency |
NAFTA | North American Free Trade Agreement |
NATO | North Atlantic Treaty Organization |
NSF | National Science Foundation |
OECD | Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development |
OPEC | Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries |
PAHO | Pan American Health Organization |
PARIS21 | Partnership in Statistics for Development in the 21st Century |
S&P | Standard & Poor's |
UIP | Urban Indicators Programme |
UN | United Nations |
UNAIDS | Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS |
UNCED | United Nations Conference on Environment and Development |
UNCHS | United Nations Centre for Human Settlements (Habitat) |
UNCTAD | United Nations Conference on Trade and Development |
UNDP | United Nations Development Programme |
UNECE | United Nations Economic Commission for Europe |
UNEP | United Nations Environment Programme |
UNESCO | United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization |
UNFPA | United Nations Population Fund |
UNHCR | United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees |
UNICEF | United Nations Children's Fund |
UNIDO | United Nations Industrial Development Organization |
UNRISD | United Nations Research Institute for Social Development |
UNSD | United Nations Statistics Division |
USAID | U.S. Agency for International Development |
WCMC | World Conservation Monitoring Centre |
WFP | World Food Programme |
WHO | World Health Organization |
WIPO | World Intellectual Property Organization |
WITSA | World Information Technology and Services Alliance |
WTO | World Trade Organization |
WWF | World Wide Fund for Nature |
International Debt Statistics (IDS) codes
IDS topic
BM | Balance of payments: imports, payments, or decrease in liabilities |
BN | Balance of payments, net flows (BX - BM) |
BX | Balance of payments: exports, receipts, or increase in liabilities |
DT | External debt: all borrowers |
FI | International finance: liquidity |
NY | National accounts: income |
IDS general subject
AMT | Principal repayments (amortization) |
AXA | Principal arrears |
AXF | Principal forgiven |
AXR | Principal rescheduled |
CAB | Current account: balances |
COM | Commitments |
CUR | Currency |
DFR | Debt forgiveness or reduction (debt stock-flow reconciliation) |
DIS | Disbursements |
DOD | Debt outstanding and disbursed |
DSB | Debt buyback |
DSF | Debt stock reduction |
DXR | Debt stock rescheduled |
EXC | Export credits |
GNP | Gross national income (formerly referred to as gross national product) |
GPA | Grace period |
GRE | Grant element |
GRT | Grants |
GSR | Current account: goods, services and income |
INR | Interest rate |
INT | Interest paid |
IXA | Interest arrears |
IXF | Interest forgiven |
IXR | Interest rescheduled |
KLT | Capital account: long-term capital |
MAT | Maturity |
NFA | Aggregate net resource flows |
NFL | Net flows (DIS - AMT) |
NTA | Aggregate net transfers |
NTR | Net transfers (NFL - INT) |
PEF | Portfolio equity |
RES | Changes in reserves |
TDS | Total debt service (AMT + INT) |
TRF | Transfers |
TXR | Total debt rescheduled |
UND | Undisbursed debt |
IDS specific subject
ALLC | All creditors: concessional |
BLAT | All bilateral creditors |
BLTC | Bilateral creditors: concessional |
CCVL | Cross country currency valuation |
DECT | Total external creditors including IMF credit and short-term |
DEXF | Total external debt excluding IMF credits |
DIMF | IMF credits |
DINV | Direct investment |
DLTF | Long-term debt including IMF credits |
DLXF | Long-term debt excluding IMF credits |
DMAK | Deutsche mark |
DMLT | Domestic debt: long-term (no longer used in IDS) |
DMMT | Domestic debt: medium-term (no longer used in IDS) |
DMST | Domestic debt: short-term (no longer used in IDS) |
DOMS | Domestic debt: total (no longer used in IDS) |
DPNG | Long-term private nonguaranteed |
DPPG | Long-term public and publicly guaranteed (excluding IMF) |
DREM | Primary income on FDI |
DSTC | Short-term credit: all sources |
EXTA | Grants excluding technical cooperation |
FFRC | French francs |
GOVT | Government |
IMFC | IMF concessional |
IMFN | IMF non-concessional |
INCL | Goods, services, and income including workers' remittances |
JYEN | Japanese yen |
MIBR | International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD) |
MIDA | International Development Association (IDA) |
MKTP | Market prices |
MLAT | All multilateral creditors |
MLTC | Multilateral creditors: concessional |
MOTH | Other multilateral institutions |
MULC | Multiple currencies |
NEBR | European Bank for Reconstruction and Development: private nonguaranteed |
NIFC | International Finance Corporation (IFC): private nonguaranteed |
OFFT | All official creditors |
OTHC | Other currencies |
PBND | Public and publicly guaranteed private creditors: bonds |
PCBK | Public and publicly guaranteed private creditors: commercial banks |
PNGB | Private nonguaranteed creditors: bonds |
PNGC | Private nonguaranteed creditors: commercial banks and other |
PROP | Public and publicly guaranteed private creditors: other |
PRVS | Private sector long-term debt |
PRVT | Public and publicly guaranteed private creditors: total |
PUBS | Public sector long-term debt |
PVLX | Present value of long-term debt |
PWKR | Personal remittances |
RDBC | Regional development banks: concessional |
RDBN | Regional development banks: non-concessional |
RSDL | Residual (debt stock-flow reconciliation) |
SDRW | Special drawing right (of the IMF) |
SWFR | Swiss franc |
TECH | Technical cooperation grants |
TOTL | Total |
UKPS | Pound sterling |
USDL | U.S. dollars |
VTOT | Variable rate long-term debt |
XOKA | Excluding official capital transfers |
IDS extensions
CD | Current U.S. dollars |
DT | Total external debt (denominator in a ratio calculation) |
EX | Exports of goods, services and primary income (denominator in a ratio calculation) |
GN | Gross national income (denominator in a ratio calculation) |
MO | Months of imports of goods, services and primary income (denominator in a ratio calculation) |
ZS | Share of (or ratio) calculation |