Organisation for European Economic Co-operation

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The Organisation for European Economic Co-operation was an intergovernmental body founded in 1948 to promote economic cooperation and reconstruction among Western European countries after World War II, and later evolved into the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD).


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Predicate Object
instanceOf intergovernmental organization
international economic organization
contributedTo creation of European Payments Union
economic recovery of Western Europe
country France
dissolved 1961
foundedAfterEvent World War II
foundedBy European governments
hasActivity coordination of national economic policies
multilateral payments coordination
trade liberalization among member states
hasLanguage English
French
hasSuccessor OECD
headquartersLocation Paris
historicalPeriod Cold War
inception 1948
legalForm intergovernmental body
locatedIn Western Europe
memberOf post–World War II international order
originalMembers Austria
Belgium
Denmark
France
Greece
Iceland
Ireland
Italy
Luxembourg
Netherlands
Norway
Portugal
Sweden
Switzerland
Turkey
United Kingdom
West Germany
partOf European integration process
precededBy Marshall Plan administration structures
predecessor Organisation for European Economic Co-operation
purpose administer Marshall Plan aid
coordinate European economic reconstruction
promote economic cooperation in Europe
regionServed Western Europe
replacedBy Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
shortName OEEC
transformedInto Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development


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