What is the Council for Mutual Economic Assistance?
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The Council for Mutual Economic Assistance (COMECON / Comecon / CMEA / CEMA), 1949 – 1991, was an economic organization of communist states and a kind of Eastern Bloc equivalent to—but more inclusive than—the European Economic Community. The military counterpart to the Comecon was the Warsaw Pact.
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The bank exists. But be careful about answering any information or giving any to any one. acaheck it out real close. You could save yourself a lot of grief by listening to the advice of  vsjunk23  \n\n\nABIDJAN, 1 Feb 2002 (IRIN) - The World Bank has resumed full economic cooperation with Cote d'Ivoire, the bank's office in Abidjan announced on Friday, one day after the country paid in full arrears amounting to FCFA 31 billion (US $44.5 million) that it owed the institution.\n\nMamadou Dia, head of operations in Abidjan, said at a news conference in the Ivorian commercial capital that the arrears were paid via a bridge financing that involved the Central Bank of West African States and the Swiss-based Bank for International Settlements. The debt settlement will allow "the total resumption of disbursements for all of the World Bank's portfolios in Cote d'Ivoire totalling an as-yet undisbursed sum of FCFA 200 billions (about US $270 million)", Dia said. It will also permit the Ivorian government to benefit from new loans and credits, render the country eligible for the Highly Indebted Poor Countries initiative, and allow it to implement a multisectorial HIV/AIDS programme.\n\nThe World Bank stopped funding Cote d'Ivoire in October 2000 after the then military-led government failed to make payments for over 60 days on the arrears.\n\nFriday's announcement is the latest indication of an improvement in relations between the country and international lenders, many of whom had severed ties with Abidjan in recent years. \n\nThe aid freeze, which started in 1998 when the European Union suspended disbursements following the embezzlement of some FCFA 18 billion (US $24.3 million), worsened in the aftermath of the December 1999 coup d'etat. Analysts agree that efforts toward socio-political and macroeconomic reforms, begun by the current government, are slowly paying off. The European Union is expected to resume full cooperation by the end of this quarter.
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The problem is that many African countries don't have functioning governmental institutions.  Sending money might help alleviate problems temporarily, but until they have more stable institutions and social welfare programs, governments can't be effective in helping their people.  Another problem is that many African countries have outrageous amounts of debt, so this plus unstable economies (that part is sort of a chicken and egg kind of thing) make it really difficult for these governments to become more stable and to provide and maintain public goods.
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hey u can get a whole report enjoy :)\nwww.euro.who.int/document/aiq/10effso2.pdf
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Since this is in the category of Politics...\nI assume you meant the Group of 20, which is a group of finance ministers who discuss global economic and financial matters.  It was meant to operate a little like the G-7 or G-8, but includes more countries.  I believe the G-20 got its start after the international financial crises of the 1990s.
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With the recent elections Tommaso Padoa-Schioppa has just been sworn in as Minister of Economy. \n\nTommaso Padoa-Schioppa is Senior Fellow of the Institute of International Affairs (Rome) \nand President of Notre Europe (Paris). He was a member of the Executive Board of the \nEuropean Central Bank from 1998 until May 2005. Before joining the European Central Bank, Mr Padoa-Schioppa served as the \nDirector-General for Economic and Financial Affairs at the Commission of the European \nCommunities (1979-83), Deputy Director General of Banca d’Italia (1984-97) and Chairman \nof Commissione Nazionale per le Società e la Borsa (1997-98). He has served in a leadership capacity on various European and international committees, \nincluding as Joint Secretary to the Delors Committee for the study of European Economic \nand Monetary Union (1988-89); Chairman of the Banking Advisory Committee of the \nCommission of the European Communities (1988-91); of the Working Group on Payment \nSystems of the Central Banks of the European Community (European Monetary Institute) \n(1991-95); of the Basle Committee on Banking Supervision (1993-97); of the European \nRegional Committee of IOSCO (1997-98); of the FESCO (Forum of the European Securities \nCommissions) (1997-98); of the G10 Committee on Payments and Settlement Systems \n(2000-05). Mr Padoa-Schioppa is a member of the Group of Thirty since 1979. He is President of the \nInternational Center for Monetary and Banking Studies (Geneva), member of the Advisory \nBoard of the Institute for International Economics (IIE, Washington DC), and Senior Adviser \nand Advisory Board member of Promontory Financial Group, LLC. 4He graduated from the Luigi Bocconi University, Milan, Italy, in 1966 and received a Master \nof Science degree from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He holds five honorary \ndegrees. He is the author of numerous books and articles. He is Cavaliere di Gran Croce della Repubblica Italiana.
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This is very interesting. I suppose someday it's got to happen. I wonder when the US will require or appreciate aid from other well to do countries.
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PREVENTING THE FINANCING OF TERRORISM AND OF CERTAIN FOREIGN REGIMES: EUROPEAN COMMISSION AND EUROPEAN BANKS ...  \n... with the four European Credit Sector Federations (European Banking Federation; European Savings ... 2003, the European Commission agreed to the European credit sector federations ...www.eurunion.org/News/press/2004/20040098.htm - 33k - Cached - More from this site - Save - Block\nEUROPEAN COMMISSION (PDF)  \n... 1. EUROPEAN COMMISSION. Directorate-General for Education and Culture ... "Ministers stress the important role played by the European Credit Transfer System ...www.bologna-bergen2005
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Caribbean Community Institutions\nCaribbean Disaster Emergency Response Agency (CDERA) \nCaribbean Meteorological Institute (CMI) \nCaribbean Meteorological Organisation (CMO) \nCaribbean Food Corporation (CFC) \nCaribbean Environment Health Institute (CEHI) \nCaribbean Agriculture Research and Development Institute (CARDI) \nCaribbean Regional Centre for the Education and training of Animal Health and Veterinary Public Health Assistants (REPAHA) \nAssembly of Caribbean Community Parliamentarians (ACCP) \nCaribbean Centre for Development Administration (CARICAD) \nCaribbean Food and Nutrition Institute (CFNI) \nCaribbean Examinations Council (CXC) \nCARICOM Single Market and Economy (CSME) \nCaribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) \n\n Associate Institutions\nCaribbean Development Bank (CDB) \nUniversity of Guyana (UG) \nUniversity of the West Indies (UWI) \nCaribbean Law Institute / Caribbean Law Institute Centre (CLI / CLIC) \nOrganisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS)
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You should try www.oecd.org, www.worldbank.org and www.imf.org
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A confederation is an association of sovereign states, usually created by treaty but often later adopting a common constitution. Confederations tend to be established for dealing with critical issues, such as defense, foreign affairs, foreign trade, and a common currency, with the central government being required to provide support for all members.
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Economically efficient basically explains itself.\nA country is this when they don't have to depend on other countries to support them 100%. They have back up plans for their economy and have a variety of ways to provide themselves with money. The political and social standpoint of it all is just saying that the government isn't sitting down in meetings everyday worrying about how they are going to give the wellfare population money when they don't have it in the first place. Hope you kinda see where I'm coming from and that this helps.
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go to \nsba.gov\nthey have all kind of help.
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To find the economic situation of any country, the best resource, in my opinion, is the Economist's 'Country Briefings' section:\nhttp://www.economist.com/countries\n\nIt has political and economic information, forecasts, statistics, and recent articles covering what's new and important in each country.  I have never found a better research resource than this.
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this url gives a synopsis of a political economy analysis - which should help you get an idea of what is required when writing a typical one\n\nhttp://www.cepr.org/pubs/new-dps/dplist.asp?dpno=1225
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Unless the rest of the World invests more money and aid the whole of Africa is a 'self help organization'.
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Only Australia and Indonesia. The United States has a "judicial assistance agreement" with procedures for mutual legal assistance, but not extradition.