e de Developpement des Etats de l'Afrique Centrale;

established--3 December 1975;

aim--to provide loans for economic development;

members--(9) Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Congo,
Equatorial Guinea, France, Gabon, Germany, Kuwait
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_#_Central American Bank for Economic Integration (BCIE)--acronym from
Banco Centroamericano de Integracion Economico;

established--13 December 1960;

aim--to promote economic integration and development;

members--(5) Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras,
Nicaragua
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_#_Central American Common Market (CACM)

established--13 December 1960, effective 3 June 1961;

aim--to promote establishment of a Central American Common Market;

members--(5) Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras,
Nicaragua
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_#_centrally planned economies--a term applied mainly to the
traditionally Communist states that looked to the USSR for leadership;
many are now evolving toward more democratic and market-oriented systems;
also known formerly as the Second World or as the Communist countries;
through the 1980s, this group included Albania, Bulgaria, Cambodia,
China, Cuba, Czechoslovakia, GDR, Hungary, North Korea, Laos, Mongolia,
Poland, Romania, USSR, Vietnam, Yugoslavia
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_#_Colombo Plan (CP)

established--1 July 1951;

aim--to promote economic and social development in Asia and
the Pacific;

members--(26) Afghanistan, Australia, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Burma,
Cambodia, Canada, Fiji, India, Indonesia, Iran, Japan, South Korea, Laos,
Malaysia, Maldives, Nepal, NZ, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, Philippines,
Singapore, Sri Lanka, Thailand, UK, US
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_#_Commission for Social Development

established--21 June 1946 as the Social Commission, renamed
29 July 1966;

aim--ECOSOC organization dealing with social development programs;

members--(32) selected on a rotating basis from all regions
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_#_Commission on Human Rights

established--18 February 1946;

aim--ECOSOC organization dealing with human rights;

members--(43) selected on a rotating basis from