ABSTRACT
The article examines the historic emergence process of education as an object of attention by the OECD (1958-1962). Under auspices of historiography and a set of documents collected from the OECD Library & Archives (Paris, France), the article undertakes an analysis on internal clashes and divergent perspectives when was in debates in the OECD’s backstage the role that education should fulfil as a vector of economic development in the states that are united in the Organization.
Keywords:
OECD; history of education; economic development.