| BIS | Bank for International Settlements |
| CADTM | Committee for the Abolition of Third World Debt |
| CBI | Central Bank of Iceland |
| CIS | Commonwealth of Independent States |
| COMECON | the common trade area of the former Warsaw Pact |
| DCU | Dublin City University |
| ECB | European Central Bank |
| EFSF | European Financial Stability Facility |
| EFSM | European Financial Stability Mechanism |
| ESM | European Stability Mechanism |
| FÁS | Irish National Training and Employment Authority |
| FDI | foreign direct investment |
| GDP | gross domestic product |
| GGD | general government debt |
| GKOs | Russian state-issued short-term bills |
| GNI | gross national income |
| GNP | gross national product |
| HIPC | Heavily Indebted Poor Countries |
| HIRC | Highly Indebted Rich Countries |
| IBRC | Irish Bank Resolution Corporation |
| IMF | International Monetary Fund |
| ISK | Icelandic krona |
| LTV | loan to value |
| MAC | Municipal Assistance Corporation (New York) |
| MNC | multinational corporation |
| NAMA | National Asset Management Agency |
| NPRF | National Pension Reserve Fund |
| NTMA | National Treasury Management Agency |
| NYC | New York City |
| OECD | Organisation for Economic Co-Operation and Development |
| PSI | private sector involvement |
| S&P | Standard and Poor’s |
| SDRM | Sovereign Debt Restructuring Mechanism |
| UCD | University College Dublin |
| UDC | Urban Development Corporation (New York) |
| WPPSS | Washington Public Power System Supply |