Mandate Expansion into and within a New Domain: OECD and Global Health Governance

Figures & data

Figure 1. IOs’ mandate expansion in a two-step sequence model.

Figure 2. Statistical fit of topic number k.

Figure 3. Text corpus: Annual volume of health-related publications.

Figure 4. Most highlighted health topics from 1961 to 2022.

Figure 5. Diversification of health topics from 1961 to 2022.

Table 1. Most highlighted health topics in each decade.

Period	Topic priority
1960s	–
1970s	Social policy related to health
1980s	Nuclear safety
1990s	Health expenditure; Long-term care
2000s	System of health accounts; Health workforce
2010s	Health care quality; Mental health and unemployment; Health care systems;
2020s	Health data governance

Table 2. Overview of the OECD’s two-step mandate expansion.

Phase	Period	Strategies	Health dimension
First step mandate expansion into the health sector	1970s	Naturalisation; expertisation	Economism; human rights
	1980s	Naturalisation; expertisation; technicalisation	security
	1990s	Naturalisation;expertisation	Economism
	Early to mid-2000s	Technicalisation; expertisation	Economism
Second step mandate expansion within the health sector	Mid- to late 2000s	Naturalisation; expertisation	Economism
	2010s	Naturalisation; expertisation	Economism
	early 2020s	Naturalisation; expertisation	Economism; security

Table

Time period	Publishing bodies (except for publications with the “OECD” as a single author)
1961–1970	–
1971–1980	Directorate for Education, Employment, Labour and Social Affairs
	Directorate for Scientific affairs
	Manpower and Social Affairs Directorate
	Centre for Educational Research and Innovation
	Development Centre
	Nuclear Energy Agency
	Economic Policy Committee
	Labour Management Programme
1981–1990	Directorate for Education, Employment, Labour and Social Affairs
	Environment Directorate
	Directorate for Science, Technology and Industry
	Directorate for Social Affairs, Manpower and Education
	Centre for Educational Research and Innovation
	Development Centre
	Nuclear Energy Agency
	Employment, Labour and Social Affairs Committee
	Environment Committee
	Nuclear Energy Agency Committee
	Nuclear Energy Agency Committee
	Special Programme on the Control of Chemicals
1991–2000	Economics Department
	Directorate for Education, Employment, Labour and Social Affairs
	Environment Directorate
	Economic Policy Committee
	Environment Committee
	Nuclear Energy Agency
	Labour Management Programme
2001–2010	Economics Department
	Directorate for Education, Employment, Labour and Social Affairs
	Directorate for Employment, Labour and Social Affairs
	Statistics Directorate
	Centre for Educational Research and Innovation
	Development Centre
	Development Assistance Committee
	Employment, Labour and Social Affairs Committee
	Heath Committee
	Group on Health
2011–2022	Economics Department
	Directorate for Employment, Labour and Social Affairs
	Directorate for Education
	Directorate for Science, Technology and Industry
	Trade and Agriculture Directorate
	Committee for Information, Computer and Communication Policy
	Committee for Scientific and Technological Policy
	Employment, Labour and Social Affairs Committee
	Health Committee