OECD uses its wealth of information on a broad range of topics to help governments foster prosperity and fight poverty through economic growth and financial stability. We help ensure the environmental implications of economic and social development are taken into account. (…) OECD’s work is based on continued monitoring of events in member countries as well as outside OECD area, and includes regular projections of short and medium-term economic developments. The OECD Secretariat collects and analyses data, after which committees discuss policy regarding this information, the Council makes decisions, and then governments implement recommendations. Taken from OECD’s What we do and how
Introduction to the OECD
OECD – For a Better World Economy (video below)
How’s Life: The OECD Framework (video below)
OECD History
Organisation for European Economic Co-operation – OECD
The “Marshall Plan” speech at Harvard University, 5 June 1947
The Marshall Plan and the OECD explained in one minute (…) (video below)
OECD Up Close
OECD 50th Anniversary Vision Statement
OECD Regional Well-being Index
OECD iLibrary (guide on how to use it)
Current Issues
OECD says countries need to defend multilateralism despite threats – CBC
OECD and Pisa tests are damaging education worldwide – academics – The Guardian
Colombia to become a member of the OECD international economic organization – Deutsche Welle
The Way Ahead
Looking to 2060: A Global Vision of Long-term Growth (video below)
OECD Membership: A Roadmap to Effective Public Policy, Economic Development and Good Governance (video below)
Further Reading on E-International Relations
- Online Resources – Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE)
- Online Resources – The World Trade Organization
- Online Resources – Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries
- Online Resources – The North Atlantic Treaty Organization
- Online Resources – Union for the Mediterranean
- Online Resources – The Organization of American States
