The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)

The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 1-156

  Woodward, Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84917360992     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203875773     Document Type: Book

References (31)

1. General works on the OECD: organizational features, history, evolution
2. The OECD has published several books advertising its own work. While yielding interesting insights into the nature, structure and culture of the organization, they offer little critical analysis.
3. OECD, O.E.C.D.: History, Aims, Structure (Paris: OECD, 1971).
4. OEEC, A Decade of Co-operation Achievements and Perspectives: 9th Report of the OEEC (Paris: OEEC, 1958).
5. Scott Sullivan, From War to Wealth: Fifty Years of Innovation (Paris: OECD, 1997).
6. More critical literature written by academic commentators and OEEC/OECD practitioners includes:
7. Henry G. Aubrey, Atlantic Economic Cooperation: The Case of the OECD (New York: Frederick A. Praeger, 1967).
8. Nicholas Bayne, “Making Sense of Western Economic Policies: The Role of the OECD,” World Today 43, no. 2 (February 1987): 27-30. The UK’s Permanent Representative to the OECD from 1985-88 explores the OECD’s role and offers insights into the breadth of its operations.
9. Miriam Camps, “First World” Relationships: The Role of the OECD (Paris: The Atlantic Institute for International Affairs, 1975);
10. Lincoln Gordon, “The Organization for European Economic Cooperation,” International Organization 10, no. 1 (February 1956): 1-11. Two former U.S. State Department employees who were intimately involved with the Marshall Plan reflect on the emergence and evolution of the OEEC/OECD and their role in sponsoring and managing Western interdependence.
11. David Henderson, “The Role of the OECD in Liberalising International Trade and Capital Flows,” The World Economy 19, no. 1 (January 1996): 11-27. The former head of the OECD Economics and Statistics Department probes the organization’s role in the liberalization of trade and finance.
12. Martin Marcussen, “OECD Governance through Soft Law,” in Soft Law in Governance and Regulation: An Interdisciplinary Analysis, ed. Ulrika Morth (Cheltenham, U.K.: Edward Elgar, 2004), 103-26. An excellent overview of the OECD’s “soft law” capabilities.
13. Robert Wolfe, The Making of the Peace, 1993: The OECD in Canadian Economic Diplomacy (Kingston, Canada: Queen’s University Centre for International Relations, 1993). Wolfe supplies an overview of the OECD’s historical development, its role in the Cold War economic and security environment, and uses the OECD as a laboratory for studying international cooperation. Wolfe was a member of the Canadian Delegation to the OECD from 1981 to 1985.
14. Richard Woodward, “Global Monitor: The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development,” New Political Economy 9, no. 1 (March 2004): 113-27. Audits recent developments at the OECD including the likely impact of the proposed enlargement and outreach program.
15. OECD work on contemporary issues
16. The OECD Annual Report and the Key Information booklet produced to support the Ministerial Council Meeting précis recent OECD activity. These are available from the OECD website (see below).
17. Klaus Armingeon and Michelle Beyeler, eds, The OECD and European Welfare States (Cheltenham, U.K.: Edward Elgar, 2004). Provides an overview of the OECD’s analyses and recommendations on social issues and their impact on welfare states in Western Europe.
18. David J. Blair, Trade Negotiations in the OECD: Structures, Institutions and States (London: Kegan Paul International, 1993);
19. Theodore H. Cohn, Governing Global Trade: International institutions in conflict and convergence (Aldershot, U.K.: Ashgate, 2002). These two titles provide comprehensive accounts of the OECD’s role in the global trading regime.
20. Rianne Mahon and Stephen McBride, eds, The OECD and Transnational Governance (Vancouver, Canada: UBC Press, 2008). This book examines the nature of the OECD as an international institution and elaborates current OECD work in the fields of labor, health, education, competition policy, genetic licensing, foreign investment, public management, and social policy.
21. OECD, Development Assistance Committee in Dates: Prepared for the 40th Anniversary of the Development Assistance Group/Development Assistance Committee (Paris: OECD, 2000). Overview of the membership, mandate, and main accomplishments of the DAC.
22. Michael C. Webb, “Defining the Boundaries of Legitimate State Practice: Norms, Transnational Actors and the OECD’s Project on Harmful Tax Competition,” Review of International Political Economy 11, no. 4 (October 2004): 787-827. Details the OECD’s ill-fated harmful tax competition initiative.
23. Jorma Julin, “The OECD: Securing the Future,” OECD Observer no. 240-41 (December 2003): 48-50. The Finnish ambassador to the OECD from 2000- 05 argues that reform is essential for the OECD to retain its relevance.
24. OECD, The OECD: Challenges and Strategic Objectives: 1997: Note by the Secretary General, C(97)180 (Paris: OECD, 1997). Donald Johnston spells out his vision for the future of the OECD.
25. OECD, A Strategy for Enlargement and Outreach: Report by the Chair of the Heads of Delegation Working Group on the Enlargement Strategy and Outreach, Ambassador Seiichiro Noburu (Paris: OECD, 2004). The final report of the Working Group on Enlargement and Outreach containing its main recommendations to the OECD Council.
26. OECD, Getting to Grips with Globalization: The OECD in a Changing World (Paris: OECD, 2004). An appraisal of the OECD’s recent activities and future challenges. Useful appendices containing information about the secretariat, the budget and recent reforms.
27. Richard Woodward, “Age Concern: The Future of the OECD,” World Today 62, no. 8-9 (August-September 2006): 38-39. Concise overview of the problems confronting the OECD and its proposed reform strategy.
28. www.oecd.org—The OECD’s main website, available in English and French.
29. www.oecdobserver.org—In-house magazine providing commentary on contemporary issues of relevance to the organization and its members.
30. www.sourceoecd.org—The OECD’s online library of books, statistical databases and periodicals.
31. www.oecdwatch.org—OECD Watch is a coalition of civil society organizations monitoring the work of the OECD’s Investment Committee and the efficacy of the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises.