1948 as Economic Commission for
Latin America (ECLA);

aim--to promote economic development as a regional commission of
the UN's ECOSOC;

members--(41) Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, The Bahamas,
Barbados, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica,
Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, France,
Grenada, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico,
Netherlands, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Portugal, Puerto Rico,
Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines,
Spain, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, UK, US, Uruguay, Venezuela;

associate members--(5) Aruba, British Virgin Islands, Montserrat,
Netherlands Antilles, Virgin Islands
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_#_Economic Commission for Western Asia (ECWA)--see Economic and
Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA)
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_#_Economic Community of Central African States (CEEAC)--acronym from
Communaute Economique des Etats de l'Afrique Centrale;

established--18 October 1983;

aim--to promote regional economic cooperation and establish a
Central African Common Market;

members--(10) Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad,
Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Rwanda, Sao Tome and Principe, Zaire;

observer--(1) Angola
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_#_Economic Community of the Great Lakes Countries (CEPGL)--acronym
from Communaute Economique des Pays des Grands Lacs;

established--26 September 1976;

aim--to promote regional economic cooperation and integration;

members--(3) Burundi, Rwanda, Zaire
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_#_Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS)

established--28 May 1975;

aim--to promote regional economic cooperation;

members--(16) Benin, Burkina, Cape Verde, The Gambia, Ghana,
Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Mali, Mauritania, Niger,
Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Togo
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_#_European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD)

established--15 April 1991;

aim--to facilitate the transition of seven centrally planned
economies in Europe (Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Poland, Romania,
USSR, and Yugoslavia) to market economies by committing 60% of its
loa