Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD/OCDE)

Organisation de Coopération et de Développement Economique

Established: By convention signed December 14, 1960, in Paris, France, effective September 30, 1961.

Purpose: “[T]o help member countries promote economic growth, employment, and improved standards of living through the coordination of policy [and] … to help promote the sound and harmonious development of the world economy and improve the lot of the developing countries, particularly the poorest.”

Headquarters: Paris, France.

Principal Organs: Council (all full members plus the European Commission), Executive Committee (14 members), Economic Policy Committee, Development Assistance Committee, Secretariat.

Web site: www.oecd.org

Secretary General: Ángel Gurría (Mexico).

Membership (30): Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Republic of Korea, Luxembourg, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, United ...