Acronyms
AREAER Annual Report on Exchange Arrangements and Exchange Restrictions
BER Business Environment Rankings
COMCEC Standing Committee for Economic and Commercial Cooperation of the OIC
EU European Union
FDI Foreign Direct Investment
FPI Foreign Portfolio Investment
GBI-EM Government Bond Index – Emerging Markets
GCC Gulf Cooperation Council
HIC High-Income Country
IFI International Financial Institution
IFRS International financial reporting standards
IFZ Industrial free zone
IIF Institute of International Finance
IMF International Monetary Fund
IPO Initial public offering
LCD Least developed country
LIC Low-income country
LMIC Lower-middle income country
MENA Middle East and North Africa
MIC Middle-income country
MSCI Morgan Stanley Capital International
NBFC Non-banking financial company
ODA Official Development Assistance
OECD Organisation for Economic Development and Co-operation
OIC Organisation of Islamic Cooperation
PLC Public limited company
QE Quantitative easing
RRDC Resource-rich developing country
SEC Securities and Exchange Commission
SEZ Special Economic Zone
SME Small and medium-sized enterprises
SSA Sub-Saharan Africa
UMIC Upper-middle income country