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Asian Development Bank

• Abbreviation: ADB
• About:The Asian Development Bank (ADB) is a regional development bank  to facilitate economic development in Asia.
• Headquarter: Mandaluyong, Metro Manila,Philippines
• Establishment: 19th December 1966.
• Head: Takehiko Nakao
• Motto: Fighting Poverty in Asia and Pacific.
• Membership:67 Countries.

International Monetary Fund

• Abbreviation: IMF
• About: is an international organization which is working to foster global monetary cooperation, secure financial stability, facilitate international trade, promote high employment and sustainable economic growth, and reduce poverty around the world.
• Objective: to foster global monetary cooperation, secure financial stability, facilitate international trade, promote high employment and sustainable economic growth, and reduce poverty around the world.
• Headquarter: Washington D.C., U.S.
• Establishment: 27th December 1945
• MD and CEO: Christine Lagarde.
• Membership:  188 Countries.
• Official Language: English

Association of Southeast Asian Nations

• Abbreviation: ASEAN
• About: It is a political and economic organisation of ten Southeast Asian countries.
• Objective: Its aims include accelerating economic growth, social progress, and sociocultural evolution among its members, protection of regional peace and stability, and opportunities for member countries to resolve differences peacefully.
• Headquarter: Jakarta, Indonesia
• Establishment: 8th August 1967.
• Secretary General: Lê Lương Minh
• Membership:  10 States, 2 Observers
• Official Language: English.
• MOTTO: “One Vision, One Identity, One Community

The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development 

• Abbreviation: OECD
• About: It is an international economic organisation.
• Objective:to stimulate economic progress and world trade.
• Headquarter: Paris, France.
• Establishment:  1961.
• Secretary General: José Ángel Gurría
• Membership:  34 Countries.
• Official Languages: English and French

World Trade Organisation:

• Abbreviation: WTO
• About: is an intergovernmental organization which regulates international trade.
• Objective:to stimulate economic progress and world trade.
• Headquarter: Geneva Switzerland.
• Establishment:  1995
• Secretary General: Roberto Azevêdo
• Membership:  161 member states