International organisation representing the 25 free-market democracies of North America, Western Europe and the Pacific. Produces a large range of comparative statistical and research publications.
OECD Development Centre coordinates policy analysis of relations with developing countries: see separate entry.
Information/coordination of development aid is provided via the Development Assistance Committee (DAC): see separate entry
Information services include:
(a) Main WWW server: with catalogues of publications and electronic data products
(b) OECD Development Centre Library: see separate entry
(c) Directories of NGOs: see entry on NGO directories
(d) extensive electronic publications programme for statistical datasets on economics, trade, finance, industry, social affairs, education, employment: some of these have entries under subject pages, but there is a complete listing on the OECD WWW server.
(e) OECD Washington Center: maintains its own WWW site, with a different presentation of materials, including OECD Index (database of OECD publications since 1970)