observer—(1) Angola ————————————————————————————————————- _#_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 ————————————————————————————————————- _#_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 ————————————————————————————————————- _#_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 loans to privatization;
members—(34) Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Cyprus, Denmark, European Community (EC), Egypt, European Investment Bank (EIB), Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Iceland, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, South Korea, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Malta, Mexico, Morocco, Netherlands, NZ, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, UK, US; note—includes all 12 members of the EC as individual countries and the EC itself as an institution ————————————————————————————————————- _#_European Community (EC)