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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

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