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The OECD and economic governance: Invisibility and impotence?

Woodward, Richard

Authors

Richard Woodward



Contributors

Kerstin Martens
Editor

Anja P. Jakobi
Editor

Abstract

Chapter 3 sketches the OECD's role in economic governance, in particular the pursuit of its obligation to promote policies which maximize economic growth. While the OECD's work in the economic field evolves, its mechanisms of economic governance have barely altered. Richard Woodward argues that the OECD exerts ‘subtle discipline’ over the trajectory of economic governance through the use of its soft law mechanisms such as surveillance and peer review. These mechanisms can lead to convergence in national policies and, occasionally, outbreaks of international policy coordination. Ultimately, however, the proliferation of international mechanisms of governance and the internal politics of the OECD may be diluting its ability to shape the contours of international economic policy‐making.

Citation

Woodward, R. (2010). The OECD and economic governance: Invisibility and impotence?. In K. Martens, & A. P. Jakobi (Eds.), Mechanisms of OECD Governance: International Incentives for National Policy-Making? (53-74). Oxford: Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/acprof%3Aoso/9780199591145.003.0003

Publication Date Sep 9, 2010
Deposit Date Dec 19, 2014
Publicly Available Date Mar 28, 2024
Journal Mechanisms of OECD Governance: International Incentives for National Policy-Making?
Publisher Oxford University Press
Peer Reviewed Not Peer Reviewed
Pages 53-74
Book Title Mechanisms of OECD Governance: International Incentives for National Policy-Making?
Chapter Number 3
ISBN 9780191594601
DOI https://doi.org/10.1093/acprof%3Aoso/9780199591145.003.0003
Keywords OECD; Soft law; Peer review; Economy; Governance; Economic and development review committee; Economic policy committee; Transgovernmentalism; Group of 7/8
Public URL https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/370565
Publisher URL http://www.oxfordscholarship.com/view/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199591145.001.0001/acprof-9780199591145-chapter-3