Organisation for Economic Co-operation and

Development
• Intergovernmental economic organisation with 37 member countries

• Founded in 1961 to stimulate economic progress and world trade

• It is a forum of countries describing themselves as committed to

✓Democracy

✓Market economy

✓Providing a platform to compare policy experiences

✓Seek answers to common problems

✓ Identify good practices and coordinate domestic and international policies of its members.
• OECD is referred to as a think tank or monitoring group

• Its stated goals include fostering economic development and

cooperation, fighting poverty, and ensuring the environmental impact
of growth and social development

• Over the years, it has dealt with a range of issues, including raising
the standard of living in member countries, contributing to the
expansion of world trade and promoting economic stability
Angel Gurría, OECD Secretary-
General
• As Secretary-General of the OECD since 2006

• Angel Gurría has firmly established the Organisation as a

pillar of the global economic governance architecture
including the G7 and G20

• Under his watch, the OECD is leading the effort to

reform the international tax system, and to improve
governance frameworks in anti-corruption and other
fields.

• He has also heralded a new growth narrative that

promotes the well-being of people, including women,
gender and youth

• Scaled up the OECD contribution to the global agenda,

including the Paris Agreement on Climate Change and
the adoption of the Sustainable Development Goals.
Member Countries

• Most OECD members

are high-income
economies with a very
HDI and are regarded
as developed countries
• The OECD member
countries collectively
comprised 62.2%
of global nominal GDP
List of Key Partners

• The OECD works closely with some of the

world’s largest economies: Brazil, China, India,
Indonesia, and South Africa, who are OECD Key
Partners.

• They participate in the OECD’s daily work,

bringing useful perspectives and increasing the
relevance of policy debates.

• Key Partners participate in policy discussions

in OECD bodies, take part in regular OECD
surveys and are included in statistical
databases.
 • More than 140 000 policy makers and shapers from
across the globe visit the OECD every year.

• At the OECD, countries assess each other’s policy

performance and propose advice for improvement.
Working This peer review approach is now used by other
international organisations.
of OECD
• Some of the international benchmarks we have set
include the Polluter Pays Principle and the Anti-
Bribery Convention