Abstract
As the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) is the successor to the Organization for European Economic Cooperation (OEEC), we should study the latter as a preliminary to any discussion of the former.
Without doubt the trade liberalization programme of the Organization for European Economic Cooperation contributed effectively to the revival of intra-European trade. With its European Payments Union arrangements, it still stands out as one of the more solid achievements in the efforts towards Western European integration.
Gunnar Myrdal
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A. The Oeec
The Annual reports of OEEC, especiallty the 9th report: A decade of cooperation. Achievements and perspectives (Paris, 1958); the Annual reports of the EPU. See also The OEEC. History and structure (8th edn, Paris, 1960). The numerous publications issued by the Organization are listed in the 1958 catalogue.
There are comparatively few recent studies on the OEEC: most of the articles were published during the years 1950–55. Reference may be made to the relevant chapters in J. L’Huillier, Théorie et pratique de la coopération économique internationale (Paris, Editions Génin, 1957) and in M. Palmer et al., European unity. A survey of European organizations (London, George Allen & Unwin, 1968).
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van Meerhaeghe, M.A.G. (1980). The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development. In: A Handbook of International Economic Institutions. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-8860-6_7
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