Below is a list of commonly-used acronyms, with links to relevant websites where possible.
| ADB | Asian Development Bank |
| AfDB | African Development Bank |
| AFRILINE | Africa is Online - see their PRSP pages |
| BWP | Bretton Woods Project |
| CAPE | Centre for Aid and Public Expenditure (ODI, London) |
| CDF | Comprehensive Development Framework (World Bank initiative) |
| CDS | Centre for Development Studies (Swansea) |
| CSO | Civil society organisation |
| DFID HSRC | DFID Health Systems Resource Centre |
| DRI | Debt Relief International |
| EURODAD | European Network on Debt and Development - see their PRSP and HIPC pages |
| GDNET | Global Development Network - see their Africa pages |
| HIPC | Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (IMF/WB initiative for debt relief) |
| HQ | Headquarters |
| IADB | InterAmerican Development Bank |
| IDS | Institute for Development Studies (Sussex) |
| IFI | International Financial Institution (WB, IMF, and sometimes regional development banks) |
| IMF | International Monetary Fund |
| I-PRSP | Interim Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper - see World Bank guidance on I-PRSPs |
| JSA | Joint Staff Assessment (World Bank and IMF assessment of (I)PRSP) |
| MTEF | Medium Term Expenditure Framework - see the World Bank on MTEFs |
| NGO | Non-governmental organisation |
| ODI | Overseas Development Institute (London) |
| OPM | Oxford Policy Management (Oxford) |
| PEM | Public Expenditure Management - see the World Bank on PEM |
| PPPG | Poverty and Public Policy Group (ODI, London) |
| PRGF | Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility (IMF concessional loan) |
| PRS | Poverty Reduction Strategy (generally used to cover both PRSPs and IPRSPs, as well as other national poverty reduction strategies) |
| PRSC | Poverty Reduction Strategy Credit (World Bank concessional loan) |
| PRSP | Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper - see World Bank on PRSPs, the IMF on PRSPs, and Eurodad on PRSPs |
| PSIA | Poverty and Social Impact Analysis - see the World Bank on PSIA |
| SPA | Strategic Partnership with Africa |
| WB | World Bank |
| WIDER | World Institute for Development Economics Research |