OEEC

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development

Organisation de coopération et de développement économiques
Logo
Founding member countries (1961)      Other member countries
Abbreviation	OECD OCDE
Formation	1948 as the OEECa Reformed in 1961 as the OECD
Type	Intergovernmental organisation
Headquarters	Paris, France
Membership	35 states Australia Austria Belgium Canada Chile Czech Republic Denmark Estonia Finland France Germany Greece Hungary Iceland Ireland Israel Italy Japan Latvia Luxembourg Mexico Netherlands New Zealand Norway Poland Portugal Slovakia Slovenia South Korea Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey United Kingdom United States
Official languages	English French
Secretary-General	José Ángel Gurría
Deputy Secretary-General	Rintaro Tamaki
Deputy Secretary-General	Mari Kiviniemi
Deputy Secretary-General	Douglas Frantz
Website	www.oecd.org
a. Organisation for European Economic Co-operation.

The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD; French: Organisation de coopération et de développement économiques, OCDE) is an intergovernmental economic organisation with 35 member countries, founded in 1960 to stimulate economic progress and world trade. It is a forum of countries describing themselves as committed to democracy and the market economy, providing a platform to compare policy experiences, seeking answers to common problems, identify good practices and coordinate domestic and international policies of its members. Most OECD members are high-income economies with a very high Human Development Index (HDI) and are regarded as developed countries. OECD is an official United Nations Observer.

In 1948, the OECD originated as the Organisation for European Economic Co-operation (OEEC), led by Robert Marjolin of France, to help administer the Marshall Plan (which was rejected by the Soviet Union and its satellite states). This would be achieved by allocating American financial aid and implementing economic programs for the reconstruction of Europe after World War II. (Similar reconstruction aid was sent to the war-torn Republic of China and post-war Korea, but not under the name "Marshall Plan".)

In 1961, the OEEC was reformed into the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development by the Convention on the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development and membership was extended to non-European states.