The OECD cooperates with about 70 other countries, and its activities encompass a wide range of fields, such as macroeconomics, finance, foreign trade, investments and capital flows, taxation, education, the quality of the environment, science and innovation, the energy market, social policy, market structure (with the emphasis on competition), companies’ organizational structure, and transparency.
The OECD deals with the creation of rules of conduct in these spheres with the objective of promoting international agreements necessary for the global economy. Most of the work of the OECD is performed by intergovernmental teams, and thus its reports are based on the information provided by member governments.