The historical transformations of the OECD

Matthieu Leimgruber and Matthias Schmelzer

Chapter 2 in The Elgar Companion to the OECD, 2023, pp 9-22 from Edward Elgar Publishing

Abstract: This chapter presents a framework for understanding the history of the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) and its predecessor, the Organization for European Economic Co-operation (OEEC), from 1948 to the present. We start by introducing the Organizations’ three key modes of governance. The main part of the chapter proposes a periodization linking mandates of successive Secretary-Generals with deeper transformations of the organization’s set up, tasks, and overall outlook. The conclusion discusses the OECD as a (geo)political platform, as an expert think tank, and as an identity-generating club.

Keywords: Economics and Finance; Politics and Public Policy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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