FT社評 經合組織需要新鮮血液

The Organisation for Economic Co- operation and Development is a body that frequently feels as cumbersome as its name. It contains an eclectic mix of data collection, research and economic forecasting, and serves as a forum for international policy making.

經濟合作與發展組織(OECD)經常給人的感覺是，它就像自己的名稱一樣笨拙。它的職能繁多，包括數據收集、研究與經濟預測，以及充當一個國際政策制定論壇。

Much of its work is valuable, some elements More than others. Yet it requires renewed impetus. The OECD needs not just to increase its impact but to bring more emerging market governments into what was set up as — and still feels like — a club of rich countries.

經合組織的大部分工作是有價值的，有些工作比另一些更有價值。不過，該機構需要注入新動力。它需要的不僅僅是提升自身影響力，而是要接納更多新興市場政府——它在建立之初就像一個富國俱樂部，現在仍給人這種感覺。

Angel Gurría, the former Mexican finance minister and current OECD secretary-general, is in his second term of office, which expires next year. Although the institute has made some important progress recently, it needs new blood to speed up its development. The OECD needs a leader with both the intellectual firepower to lead policy debates and the political heft to broker international deals over policy with sensitive implications for its members.

墨西哥前財長、經合組織現祕書長安赫爾•古里亞(Angel Gurría)目前處於第二任期，他的任期將於明年結束。儘管近年來該機構取得了一些重要進步，但它需要注入新鮮血液來加快自身發展。經合組織需要這樣一位領導人：他不但要具有引導政策辯論的智慧，而且要有政治份量，能在對成員國產生敏感影響的政策方面促成國際協議。

Some of what the OECD does — in particular macroeconomic analysis and forecasting — duplicates work done elsewhere, such as the International Monetary Fund. Its research capability really adds value by collecting and analysing micro data on a host of different issues — health systems, development aid, labour market institutions and others.

經合組織的部分工作——尤其是宏觀經濟分析和預測——與國際貨幣基金組織(IMF)等其他機構的工作有所重合。經合組織的研究能力確實增加了價值——收集並分析有關大量不同問題（如衛生保健制度、發展援助、勞動力市場制度等）的微觀數據。

These numbers and analysis can inform pivotal debate. For example, while the OECD cannot supplant the IMF in setting conditions for bailouts, having a second opinion over the structural reform demanded of countries such as Greece is a valuable role.

這些數據和分析可以爲關鍵辯論提供有價值的信息。例如，儘管經合組織不能在設定紓困條件方面取代IMF，但在希臘等國必須實行什麼結構性改革的問題上提出不同觀點，也是在發揮有價值的作用。

In the case of development aid, OECD data collection and analysis also form the basis for improving the quality of assistance, such as reforming damaging “tied aid” rules that compel recipients to spend the money on exports from the donor country.

在開發援助方面，經合組織的數據收集與分析也爲提高援助質量打下了基礎，比如改革具有危害性的“限制性援助”規則——這些規則強迫援助接受方必須用援助款購買援助提供方的出口產品。