The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development is an international intergovenrmental organization which gathers the most industrialized countries of the economy market. At OCDE, the representatives of member countries meet to exchange information and harmonize policies with the objective of minimizing its economic development and contributing to its development and that of the non member countries. OCDE has its roots in 1948, in the Organization for Economic European Cooperation that was aimed at managing the Marshall Plan for the European reconstruction. In 1960, the Marshall Plan has already fulfilled its goal and the member countries agreed to invite the United States and Canada to set up an organization that coordinate the policies between the western countries. The new organization was named Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development and its headquarters is in Paris.OCDE is the largest world producer of publications on economy and social matters with over 500 titles a year, other working documents and other publishing products.
