| Subject | German | English |
| environ. | African Monitoring of Environment for Sustainable Development | African Monitoring of the Environment for Sustainable Development |
| gen. | Committee for Development Planning | Committee for Development Planning |
| environ. | Committee of International Development Institutions for the Environment | Committee of International Development Institutions on the Environment |
| econ., agric. | Community Development | community development |
| abbr. | European Regional Development Fund | ERDF |
| IMF. | Fachdokument der Reihe +Recent Economic Developments* | Recent Economic Developments IMF background paper |
| IMF. | Finance & Development | Finance & Development |
| abbr. | international Bank for Reconstruction and Development | IBRD |
| fin. | International Foundation for Capital Market Development and Ownership Change in der Republik Polen | International Foundation for Capital Market Development and Ownership Change in the Republic of Poland |
| IT | Microprocessor Development System | Microprocessor-Development System |
| abbr. | Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development | OECD |
| agric., engl. | Overseas Development Institute | Overseas Development Institute |
| comp., MS | Platform Development Kit | platform development kit (A development kit that includes all the tools, technology, and documentation that are required in each specific area of the Surface product, such as applications (including the SDK), Shell, hardware, and the Vision System) |
| gen. | Preparatory Committee for the Second United Nations Development Decade | Preparatory Committee for the Second United Nations Development Decade |
| comp., MS | Software Development Kit | software development kit (A set of routines (usually in one or more libraries) designed to allow developers to more easily write programs for a given computer, operating system, or user interface) |
| econ. | Trade and Development Board of UNCTAD | UNCTAD Board |
| econ. | Trade and Development Board of UNCTAD | Trade and Development Board of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development |
| engl. | Union Solidarity and Development Association | Union Solidarity and Development Association |
| abbr. | United Nations Capital Development Fund | UNCDF |
| abbr. | United Nations Centre for Regional Development | UNCRD |
| abbr. | United Nations Conference on Trade and Development | UNCTAD |
| abbr. | United Nations Development Fund for Women | UNIFEM |
| abbr. | United Nations Development Programme | UNDP |
| abbr. | United Nations Industrial Development Organizatio | UNIDO |
| abbr. | United Nations Industrial Development Organization | UNIDO |
| abbr. | United Nations Research Institute for Social Development | UNRISD |
| econ. | United States Agency for International Development | US Agency for International Development |
| comp., MS | Windows Software Development Kit für Windows Store-Apps | Windows Software Development Kit for Windows Store Apps (An SDK that contains everything for a developer to create an app for the Windows Store. It is a subset of the complete Windows SDK. This allows developers to stick with APIs that are safe for applications that would appear in the Store and are focused towards core app scenarios) |