members-(9) Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Republic of the
Congo, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gabon, Germany, Kuwait
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Central American Bank for Economic Integration (BCIE)
note-acronym from Banco Centroamericano de Integracion Economico
address-Apartado Postal 772, Tegucigalpa DC, Honduras
telephone-[504] 372230 through 372239, 371184 through 371188
FAX-[504] 370793
established-3 December 1960
aim-to promote economic integration and development
members-(5) Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua
nonregional members-(3) Argentina, Mexico, Taiwan
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Central American Common Market (CACM)
address-c/o SIECA, Apart Postal 1237, 4a Avenida 10-25, Zona 14,
Guatemala 01901, Guatemala
telephone-[502] (2) 682151, 682152, 682153, 682154
FAX-[502] (2) 681071
established-13 December 1960
effective-3 June 1961
aim-to promote establishment of a Central American Common Market
members-(6) Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua,
Panama
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Central European Initiative (CEI)
note-evolved from the Hexagonal Group
address-Ministry of Affairs of the Republic of Poland, Al I Ch Szucha
23, PL-00 580 Warsaw, Poland
established-27 July 1991
aim-to form an economic and political cooperation group for the region
between the Adriatic and the Baltic Seas
members-(16) Albania, Austria, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina,
Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Italy, The Former Yugoslav
Republic of Macedonia, Moldova, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia,
Ukraine
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centrally planned economies
a term applied mainly to the traditionally communist states that
looked to the former USSR for leadership; most 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)
address-Colombo Plan Bureau, P.O. Box 596, 12 Melbourne Avenue,
Colombo 4, Sri Lanka
telephone-[94] (1) 581813, 581853, 581754
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