Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD): What America Should Do
Toggle open close The United States played a leading role in creating the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). The United States had established the Organization for European Economic Co-operation (OEEC) in Paris to administer the Marshall Plan that helped to rebuild post–World War II Europe.REF The OECD succeeded the OEEC in 1961 to provide ongoing research and economic policy coordination.REF In its early years, the then-politically centrist OECD developed greater trade and access to capital markets among its market-oriented democratic member states. It also prov...