OECD Ministers Meet

A Ministerial Council Meeting of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development was held in Paris May 13-14.

Ministers from members and non-member economies participated in the 2-day meeting, discussing issues such as the economic outlook, the strengthening of growth in an era of demographic change, health financing, sustainable development, and OECD reform.

On this last point, in a release at the conclusion of the meeting, it was reported that Ministers welcomed the recent agreement to a number of measures concerning the future" role and governance" of the OECD, including:

• a strategy for enlargement and for strengthening relations with non-OECD economies;

• the establishment of a new decision-making method for special cases; and