Latin America (ECLA)

aim-to promote economic development
as a regional commission of the UN's Economic and
Social Council

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,
Italy, Jamaica, Mexico, Netherlands, Nicaragua,
Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Portugal, Saint Kitts and
Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines,
Spain, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, UK, US, Uruguay,
Venezuela
associate members-(6)
Aruba, British Virgin Islands, Montserrat, Netherlands
Antilles, Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands

Economic Commission for Western Asia (ECWA)
see Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA)

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

Economic Community of the Great Lakes Countries
(CEPGL)

note-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
Economic Community of

West African States (ECOWAS)

established-28 May 1975

aim-to promote regional economic
cooperation

members-(17) Benin, Burkina, Cape
Verde, Cote d'Ivoire, Equatorial Guinea, The Gambia, Ghana,
Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal,
Sierra Leone,Togo

Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO)

established-1985

aim-to promote regional cooperation
in trade, transportation, communications, tourism, cultural
affairs,and economic development

members-(10) Afghanistan, Azerbaijan, Iran, Kazakhstan,
Kyrgyzstan, Pakistan, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan,
Uzbekistan

European Bank for Reconstruction and Development
(EBRD)

established-15 April 1991

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