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The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development created the OECD Development Centre in 1961. This entity emerged as an independent body designed to facilitate knowledge sharing between member countries and developing economies.
Paraguay joined in March 2017, El Salvador and Guatemala joined in February 2019, Togo, Rwanda and Ecuador joined in May 2019, and Albania became the most recent addition in June 2023. These nations expanded the total membership count to fifty-four countries.
The Global Forum on Development serves as a high-level venue for exchanging perspectives on poverty reduction. It brings together policy makers and civil society to discuss current challenges without producing binding treaties.
Multi-dimensional Country Reviews directly engage non-member countries to help them design their own paths forward through nationally owned development strategies. National policy makers receive inputs needed to create concrete steps that address key constraints across all dimensions of national development.
African Development Dynamics covers economic trends across the continent while Latin American Economic Outlook focuses on South and Central America. An Economic Outlook for Southeast Asia, China and India examines Asian markets alongside statistics regarding revenue and social cohesion policy reviews.