were Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Poland, Romania,
and the USSR; earlier members included GDR and Albania
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West African Development Bank (WADB)
note - also known as Banque Ouest-Africaine de Developpement (BOAD);
is a financial institution of WAEMU
address - 68 Avenue de la Liberation, BP 1172, Lome, Togo
telephone - [228] 21 59 06, 21 42 44, 21 01 13
FAX - [228] 21 52 67, 21 72 69
established - 14 November 1973
aim - to promote regional economic development and integration
regional members - (8) Benin, Burkina Faso, Cote d'Ivoire,
Guinea-Bissau, Mali, Niger, Senegal, Togo
international/nonregional members - (5) African Development Bank,
Belgium, European Investment Bank, France, Germany
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West African Economic and Monetary Union (WAEMU)
note - also known as Union Economique et Monetaire Ouest Africaine
(UEMOA)
address - Commission de l'UEMOA, 01 BP 543, Ouadgadougou, Burkina Faso
telephone - [226] 31 88 73 through 76
FAX - [226] 31 88 72
established - 1 August 1994
aim - to increase competitiveness of members' economic markets; to
create a common market
members - (8) Benin, Burkina Faso, Cote d'Ivoire, Guinea-Bissau, Mali,
Niger, Senegal, Togo
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West African Economic Community (CEAO)
note - acronym from Communaute Economique de l'Afrique de l'Ouest
established on 3 June 1972 to promote regional economic development;
its members were Benin, Burkina Faso, Cote d'Ivoire, Mali, Mauritania,
Niger, Senegal; it was disbanded in 1994
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Western European Union (WEU)
address - Rue de la Regence 4, B-1000 Brussels, Belgium
telephone - [32] (2) 500 44 11
FAX - [32] (2) 511 32 70
established - 23 October 1954
effective - 6 May 1955
aim - to provide mutual defense and to move toward political
unification
members - (10) Belgium, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Luxembourg,
Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, UK
associate members - (6) Czech Republic, Hungary, Iceland, Norway,
Poland, Turkey
associate partners - (7) Bulgaria, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania,
Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia
observers - (5) Austria, Denmark, Finland, Ireland, Sweden
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World Bank
see International Bank for Reconstruc