OECD

I was interested that the presenter said the OECD is a kind of stealth organization, although not on purpose.  Many people do not know who they are or what they do, but they use the information that the OECD produces.

A lot of background was presented, which I already knew.  However, I never did feel like I got a clear answer about what the benefits of being a member are, even though the question was asked twice.  It may have been that the presenter did not enough time to cover the subject or maybe he didn't understand it himself.  The second presenter, France Chain, did a great job painting a picture of the complexity of the anti-bribery issue that the OECD is pushing.  Up until this point I thought the playing field was leveled the same we did when we were kids playing games, by just making up an arbitrary rule to make the game more fair, but this would not work in this situation.  Another topic I hoped they would discuss was about its push to advocate transparency.  I did not have time to ask the question and therefore will have to do my own research when I have time.  Following the presentations it was fun to visit the Chateau that the OECD holds meetings in.