| BIS | Bank for International Settlements |
| CFF | Compensatory Financing Facility |
| CFR | Council on Foreign Relations |
| ECLA | Economic Commission for Latin America |
| FBI | Federation of British Industries |
| FRBNY | Federal Reserve Bank of New York |
| GATT | General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade |
| IAB | Inter-American Bank |
| IADB | Inter-American Development Bank |
| IBRD | International Bank for Reconstruction and Development |
| ICU | International Clearing Union |
| IDA | International Development Association |
| IFEAC | Inter-American Financial and Economic Advisory Committee |
| IMF | International Monetary Fund |
| ISI | import-substitution industrialization |
| ITO | International Trade Organization |
| KMT | Kuomintang |
| NIEO | New International Economic Order |
| OPEC | Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries |
| RBI | Reserve Bank of India |
| RFC | Reconstruction Finance Corporation |
| RIIA | Royal Institute of International Affairs |
| SUNFED | Special UN Fund for Economic Development |
| TVA | Tennessee Valley Authority |
| UNCTAD | UN Conference on Trade and Development |