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The Centre’s Study Series presents in-depth analyses of major development issues. Policy Briefs and Policy Insights summarise major conclusions for policy makers; Working Papers deal with the more technical aspects of the Centre’s work. | African Economic Outlook 2007 2008 OECD AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK DEVELOPMENT CENTRE OF THE ORGANISATION FOR ECONOMIC CO-OPERATION AND DEVELOPMENT ORGANISATION FOR ECONOMIC CO-OPERATION AND DEVELOPMENT The OECD is a unique forum where the governments of 30 democracies work together to address the economic social and environmental challenges of globalisation. The OECD is also at the forefront of efforts to understand and to help governments respond to new developments and concerns such as corporate governance the information economy and the challenges of an ageing population. The Organisation provides a setting where governments can compare policy experiences seek answers to common problems identify good practice and work to co-ordinate domestic and international policies. The OECD member countries are Australia Austria Belgium Canada the Czech Republic Denmark Finland France Germany Greece Hungary Iceland Ireland Italy Japan Korea Luxembourg Mexico the Netherlands New Zealand Norway Poland Portugal the Slovak Republic Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey the United Kingdom and the United States. The European Commission takes part in the work of the OECD. OECD Publishing disseminates widely the results of the Organisation s statistics gathering and research on economic social and environmental issues as well as the conventions guidelines and standards agreed by its members. 2 The Development Centre of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development was established by decision ofthe OECD Council on 23 October 1962 and comprises 23 member countries of the OECD Austria Belgium the Czech Republic Finland France Germany Greece Iceland Ireland Italy Korea Luxembourg Mexico the Netherlands Norway Poland Portugal Slovak Republic Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey and the United Kingdom as well as Brazil since March 1994 Chile since November 1998 India since February 2001 Romania since October2004 Thailand since March 2005 South Africa since May 2006and Egypt Israel and .