Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)
The OECD groups 30 member countries sharing a commitment to democratic government and the market economy. With active relationships with some 70 other countries, NGOs and civil society, it has a global reach. Best known for its publications and its statistics, its work covers economic and social issues from macroeconomics, to trade, education, development and science and innovation.
The OECD plays a prominent role in fostering good governance in the public service and in corporate activity. It helps governments to ensure the responsiveness of key economic areas with sectoral monitoring. By deciphering emerging issues and identifying policies that work, it helps policy-makers adopt strategic orientations. It is well known for its individual country surveys and reviews
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Reading resources
- Managing public expenditure: a reference book for transition countries
- OECD, 2001. This reference book was developed specifically for East European countries from the above manual
- Good practice reference paper on measuring performance in public financial management OECD-DAC Donor
- Harmonisation Task Force, 2003. Early draft of this paper
- Harmonising donor practices for effective aid delivery
- OECD/DAC Task Force on Donor Practices. The OECD Development Assistance Committee (DAC) established a Task Force on Donor Practices in late 2000. The objective of the Task Force was to strengthen partner countries' ownership of development activities through identifying and documenting donor practices that would: cost-effectively reduce the burden on the capacities of partner countries to manage aid, and lower the transaction costs involved.