aim—to promote economic integration and development;
members—(5) Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua ————————————————————————————————————- _#_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 ————————————————————————————————————- _#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 ————————————————————————————————————- #_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 ————————————————————————————————————- _#_Commission for Social Development
established—21 June 1946 as the Social Commission, renamed 29 July 1966;
aim—ECOSOC organization dealing with social development programs;