an economic planning forum set up in 1962 in the United Kingdom to bring together management, trades unions and government – a form of tripartism – in an attempt to address Britain's relative economic decline.

The U.S. Economic Development Administration is an agency in the United States Department of Commerce that provides grants and technical assistance to economically distressed communities in order to generate new employment, help retain existing jobs and stimulate industrial and commercial growth through a variety of investment programs.

a regional organization of four post-Soviet states: Georgia, Ukraine, Azerbaijan, and Moldova.

an independent cabinet-level agency of the Philippine government responsible for economic development and planning.