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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