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Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development

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The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) is an international organisation of those developed countries that accept the principles of democracy and a free market economy. It originated as the Organisation for European Economy Co-operation (OEEC), to help administer the Marshall Plan for the re-construction of Europe after World War II. Later its membership was extended to non-European states, and in 1961 it was reformed into the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Since 1996 the secretary-general of the OECD has been Donald J. Johnston of Canada.

The OECD's headquarters are at the Château de la Muette in Paris, using a building acquired from the Rothschild family.

Table of contents
1 Members
2 See also
3 External link

Members

There are currently thirty full members; of these, 24 are described as high-income countries by the World Bank in 2003.

  • South Korea
  • Luxembourg
  • Mexico
  • Netherlands
  • New Zealand
  • Norway
  • Poland
  • Portugal
  • Slovakia
  • Spain
  • Sweden
  • Switzerland
  • Turkey
  • United Kingdom
  • United States

    • The Commission of the European Union is participating in the work of OECD, alongside the EU Member States.

    See also

    External link