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November marks the 50th anniversary of the OECD Observer, the award-winning public magazine of the OECD. The brainchild of Thorkil Kristensen, the first secretary general of the organisation, the OECD Observer was launched at the 2nd ministerial meeting 27-28 November 1962. He recruited a former war resistant and political journalist from his native Denmark, Anker Randsholt, to do the job. The audience? Busy policymakers who had no time "to read more than a fraction" of the OECD's already considerable and somewhat technical work.
In effect, the OECD Observer became a public gateway to the work of the organisation, while filling other roles along the way: a podium for discussing policy and unlocking tough ideas; an academic reference; and a rich and compelling archive.
Flicking through old issues is like taking a trip...