India also has at just about 5 places an 'Economic Wing'... --- ...separate from its 'Commercial Section', but this actually hides a organizational divide. The former exclusively hosts officials from the Finance Ministry, who engage with the WB, IMF and other international organizations, like the Asian Dev Bank (in the past they also handled aid related work -- fortunately that work is now much reduced). The commercial section or wing handles all bilateral eco promotion work....But overall, it is redundant to separate eco and commercial work, in my view.

Source author: Kishan S Rana kishanrana@gmail.com