the oecd is also at the forefront of efforts to understand and to help governments respond to new developments and concerns such as corporate governance the information economy and the challenges of an ageing population the organisation provides a setting where governments can compare policy experiences seek answers to common problems identify good practice and work to coordinate domestic and international policies the oecd member countries are australia austria belgium canada chile the czech republic denmark estonia finland france germany greece hungary iceland ireland israel italy japan korea latvia luxembourg mexico the netherlands new zealand norway poland portugal the slovak republic slovenia spain sweden switzerland turkey the united kingdom and the united states