Abstract
This chapter deals with the Council for Mutual Economic Assistance, established as a parallel to the OEEC by the Eastern European countries. The commonest English abbreviation for this organization is Comecon, but we shall use the officially preferred CMEA. The CMEA was abolished in 1991 and was to be succeeded by the Organization for International Economic Cooperation (OIEC). But at the time of writing no decision was yet taken. This chapter examines first the CMEA, then, briefly the envisaged OIEC.
… the need arises for coordination of the plans of economic development, for a division of labour, for coordinated investment policies, etc. Also, there are the political considerations… of defence against imperialism….
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A. CMEA publications
The following documents have been published in English by the CMEA Secretariat: Charter of the Council for Mutual Economic Assistance (Moscow, 1968); Basic principles of international socialist division of labour (Moscow, 1962); Comprehensive programme for the further extension and improvement of cooperation and the development of socialist economic integration by the CMEA member countries (Moscow, 1971); The Council for Mutual Economic Assistance 25 years (Moscow, 1974); Survey of CMEA activities (Moscow, annually from 1967, mimeogr.); IBEC 19- [Annual Report] (Moscow, annually from 1968); International Investment Bank 19- [Annual Report] (Moscow, annually from 1973).
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van Meerhaeghe, M.A.G. (1992). Central and Eastern European Cooperation. In: International Economic Institutions. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-3576-4_8
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