BNET Business Dictionary
Business Definition for: OECD
- Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development: a group of 30 member countries, with a shared commitment to democratic government and the market economy, that has active relationships with some 70 other countries via nongovernmental organizations. Formed in 1961, its work covers economic and social issues from macroeconomics to trade, education, development, and scientific innovation. Its goals are to promote economic growth and employment in member countries in a climate of stability; to assist the sustainable economic expansion of both member and nonmember countries; and to support a balanced and even-handed expansion of world trade.
Additional Resources
- Asia Helps Feeble West in Global Recovery: OECD
- By Brian LovePARIS (Reuters) - Asia is leading the global economy out of the deepest downturn in decades but the recovery will be marred by high unemployment and huge government debt across the industrialized countries, the OECD said on Thursday.Central banks and governments in major Western economies should prepare for...
- News items 2009-11-19
- Asia Helps Feeble West in Global Recovery -OECD
- By Brian LovePARIS (Reuters UK) - Asia is leading the global economy out of the deepest downturn in decades but the recovery will be marred by high unemployment and huge government debt across the industrialised countries, the OECD said on Thursday.Central banks and governments in major Western economies should prepare...
- News items 2009-11-19
- OECD Says Economic Damage Is Lasting, So Stimulus Should Continue
- Emerging-market economies are already in recovery, and the U.S. and Japan should soon follow, said the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development OECD on June 25. But the next few years of recovery will be weak and fragile, and because the world's economic machinery has suffered severe damage that will...
- Blog posts 2009-06-25
- OECD Sees Fed, ECB Rates on Hold Into Late 2010
- PARIS (Reuters UK) - The world's key central banks will not need to start raising policy interest rates until late 2010 due to low inflation and economic slack, and can then proceed gradually, the OECD said in a report published on Thursday.The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development said it...
- News items 2009-11-19
- OECD boosts its global outlook
- THE Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development says the global economy is emerging from its worst slump since World War II faster than the think tank forecast three months ago. In a twice-yearly update to its main economic forecasts, the OECD said the drag on growth from the drawdown on...
- News items 2009-09-03
- The overall output of the OECD club of rich economies is estimated by the OECD to be falling for the first time in 20 years.(Brief Article)
- The overall output of the OECD club of rich economies is estimated by the OECD to be falling for the first time in 20 years. But, according to the same forecasts, a rebound is possible by the second half of 2002. ... The overall...
- Research articles 2001-11-24
- International developments: OECD foreign trade and current balances - Domestic and International Developments; OECD economic outlook for 1991
- INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENTS OECD FOREIGN TRADE AND CURRENT BALANCES Recent trends and prospects in the OECD area (Table 13) The growth of trade in real terms between OECD countries picked up briskly in the...
- Research articles 1990-12-01
- Oecd Publications - EBSCO Online r - Company Business and Marketing - Brief Article
- The Paris-headquartered Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development OECD and EBSCO have established an agreement to provide access to the full text of 49 OECD publications through EBSCO Online. OECD provides governments throughout the world with a medium in which to discuss, develop, and perfect economic and social policy. The...
- Research articles 2001-06-01
- MEDIA ADVISORY: OECD Conference in Washington to Engage Top International Tax Officials
- WHAT: Conference, "New OECD Initiatives in International Taxation: Looking Ahead" WHO: Eric Solomon, assistant secretary for tax policy, U.S. Department of Treasury Constance A. Morella,...
- Research articles 2007-05-30
- MEXICO: OECD SAYS MEXICO'S ECONOMY WILL RECOVER BY MIDDLE OF THIS YEAR.(Brief Article)
- The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development OECD has announced that Mexico's economy should recover from recession by the middle of the year. However, the OECD stressed that Mexico's growth rate this year will only be 1.5%. The OECD s The Organization for Economic Cooperation and...
- Research articles 2002-03-06
- EURODATA: Danish telecom prices among the lowest in OE OECD.
- M2 PRESSWIRE-16 July 1999-EURODATA: Danish telecom prices among the lowest in OECD C1994-99 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:110799 Danish consumers receive some of the lowest phone bills in the OECD. That is the conclusion of the English analysts Eurodata in a recent...
- Research articles 1999-07-16
- TELE DANMARK: Danish telecom prices among the lowest in OECD.
- M2 PRESSWIRE-14 June 1999-TELE DANMARK: Danish telecom prices among the lowest in OECD C1994-99 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:11069 Danish consumers receive some of the lowest phone bills in the OECD. That is the conclusion of the English analysts Eurodata in a ...
- Research articles 1999-06-14
- OECD finds little data on hazwaste in Japan
- According to a recent report by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development OECD, OECD Environmental Performance Reviews, Japan, fewer wastes are classified as hazardous in Japan than in any other OECD country. The report is the latest in a series published by the OECD on...
- Research articles 1994-06-01
- OECD Approves Risk Assessments.(Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development)(Brief Article)
- THE ORGANIZATION FOR ECONOMIC Cooperation and Development (OECD; Paris) has approved chemical industry-generated risk assessments of 11 products for inclusion in OECD's high-production volume HPV chemicals review. The 11 assessments are the first to be accepted by a panel of OECD experts. The chemical industry has...
- Research articles 2001-02-07
- Geographical structure of OECD trade - Illustration
- Annex Table 63. Geographical structure of OECD trade Percentage of nominal GDP Area or country Source/destination OECD a OECD ...
- Research articles 2001-06-01
- It is still one of the richest countries in the world, but the gap between Switzerland and most other OECD countries has narrowed in the past 20 years.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
- It is still one of the richest countries in the world, but the gap between Switzerland and most other OECD countries has narrowed in the past 20 years. Part of the reason for Switzerland's relatively slow growth rate, says the OECD in a recent report It...
- Research articles 2002-06-15
- Gibraltar Commits To The OECD's Report On The Elimination Of Harmful Tax Practices
- Following many months of discussions between the Gibraltar Government and the OECD, the Gibraltar Government yesterday submitted a letter to the OECD committing to implement the principles of exchange of information and transparency contained in its Following many months of discussions between the Gibraltar Government...
- Research articles 2002-02-28
- Living standards, measured by GDP per head, vary widely even within the OECD group of 30 countries.(gross domestic product)(Brief Article)
- Living standards, measured by GDP per head, vary widely even within the OECD group of 30 countries. Within the European Union, most countries are clustered just above the OECD average: the main difference is ... Living standards, measured by GDP per head, vary widely...
- Research articles 2003-03-15
- OECD calls on Montreal to improve governance
- The Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development OECD is calling on the City of Montreal to implement new policies to increase productivity and reinforce existing regional clusters. The message was contained in the OECD Territorial Review of MoThe Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development OECD is calling on the City...
- Research articles 2004-02-12
- FOSS SWALLOWS BITTER OECD PILL
- The OECD's report on the Norwegian economy does not make pleasant reading. Ordinary people will be hit hard if the politicians follow the OECD's recommendations. The organization, which every 18 months publishes its analysis of the state of every member cThe OECD's report on the Norwegian economy does not make...
- Research articles 2002-09-10
