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The historical transformations of the OECD

In: The Elgar Companion to the OECD

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  • Matthieu Leimgruber
  • Matthias Schmelzer

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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.

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  • Matthieu Leimgruber & Matthias Schmelzer, 2023. "The historical transformations of the OECD," Chapters, in: The Elgar Companion to the OECD, chapter 2, pages 9-22, Edward Elgar Publishing.
  • Handle: RePEc:elg:eechap:20739_2
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