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OECD

Summary

The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) is an intergovernmental economic organization of 38 member countries, headquartered in Paris, that conducts policy research and coordination across economics, education, and governance, most notably through PISA international education assessments.

Core Contribution

PISA assessments transformed global education policy discourse; the OECD provides the intellectual infrastructure for consensus global economic governance.

Key Spikes & Highlights

  • global governance
  • PISA
  • education policy
  • economic coordination

Historical Influences

Post-WWII international economic order Bretton Woods institutions

Intellectual Lineage

Marshall Plan era international economic cooperationOEEC

Contemporaries & Peers

World Bank IMF WEF

Minds Influenced

Global education policy PISA economic policy in member states

Intellectual Posterity

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