OECD Introduction to an International

Organization

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General Information

Official Name in English Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development Official Name in French Organisation de coopération et de développement économiques [OCDE] Official Languages English, French Type Intergovernmental Organization

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Founded 1961 as the succession organisation of OEEC

Headquarters Paris (Château de la Muette)

Secretary General José Ángel Gurría

(since 2006), elected for 5 years

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General Information

Description

Forum of mostly high-developed countries that describe themselves as committed to democracy and the market economy

The OECD should provide a platform to compare policy experiences, seeking answers to common problems, identify good practices and coordinate domestic and international policies of its members.

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Description The OECD promotes policies designed:

to achieve the highest sustainable economic growth and employment and a rising standard of living in Member countries, while maintainingfinancial stability and thus to contribute to the development of the world economy

• to contribute to sound economic expansion in Member as well as nonmember countries in the process of economic development; and

• to contribute to the expansion of world trade on a multilateral, nondiscriminatory basis in accordance with international obligations.

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Member states

Founding Member States

Austria

Belgium

Canada

Denmark

France

West Germany

Greece

Iceland

Ireland

Italy

Luxembourg

Netherlands

Norway

Portugal

Spain

Sweden

Switzerland

Turkey

United Kingdom

United States

Additional Member States by year of entry

Finnland 1969

Australia 1971

New Zealand 1973

Japan 1994

Mexico 1994

Czech Republic 1995

Hungary 1996

Poland 1996

South Korea 1996

Slovenia 2000

Israel 2010

Slovakia 2010

Chile 2010

Estonia 2010

Latvia 2016

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Possible future member states

Colombia

Official Accession Process was launched in 2013

Costa Rica

Official Accession Process was launched in 2015

Lithuania

Official Accession Process was launched in 2015

Russia

Official Accession Process was launched in 2007, process has haltered due to the Crimea crises in 2014

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Financing

• Financed by the member states

• Contribution rate depends on country‘s wealth

• Budget of 363 million Euro in 2015

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Fields of Work

7 main fields: Economy, Society, Innovation, Finance, Governance, Sustainibility and Development Examples: • Pisa (Assesment study to compare students in

member countries) • Publishing of the OECD Economic Outlook • Publishing and updating of a model tax

convention

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Special Bodies

• Africa Partnership Forum

• Business and Industry Advisory Committee (BIAC)

• Development Assistance Committee

• OECD Development Centre

• Institutional Management in Higher Education (IMHE)

• International Transport Forum (ITF)

• International Energy Agency

• Nuclear Energy Agency

• Partnership for Democratic Governance (PDG)

• Sahel and West Africa Club

• Trade Union Advisory Committee (TUAC)

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Criticsm

• Membership is not automatically possible for all countries

• The OECD is often referred to a corrupt

entity, guided by hypocrites, which praise

higher taxes worldwide and pay none or

only small amount of taxes

• Fight against tax evasion is limited to small

countries only

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