Arab Bank for Economic Development in Africa (ABEDA)

note - also known as Banque Arabe de Developpement Economique en Afrique (BADEA)

18 February 1974; effective - 16 September 1974

to promote economic development

members - (17 plus the State of Palestine) Algeria, Bahrain, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Syria, Tunisia, UAE, State of Palestine; note - these are all the members of the Arab League excluding Comoros, Djibouti, Somalia, Yemen