OECD

The Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) is an international organization of those developed countries that accept the principles of democracy and a free market economy. It originated as the Organization 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 Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development.

Its 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.

• Australia
• Austria
• Belgium
• Canada
• Czech Republic
• Denmark
• Finland
• France
• Germany
• Greece
• Hungary
• Iceland
• Ireland
• Italy
• Japan
• 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

• Trade bloc

External link

• http://www.oecd.org