In January 2020, countries members of the D-8 Organization for Economic Cooperation (Bangladesh, Egypt, Nigeria, Indonesia, Iran, Malaysia, Pakistan, and Turkey) agreed on a set of Guiding Principles for Investment Policymaking jointly developed with UNCTAD. The Principles were developed in line with the recommendations of the UNCTAD-D-8 Expert Meeting on “International Investment Policy Reform for Sustainable Development” held in Istanbul, Turkey in September 2019, which “called on UNCTAD and the D-8 organization to develop non-binding development-oriented guiding principles for investment policymaking for D-8 countries”.

The non-binding Guiding Principles provide guidance for investment policymaking with a view to:

• promoting inclusive economic growth and sustainable development;
• promoting coherence in national and international investment policymaking;
• fostering an open, transparent and conducive global policy environment for investment; and
• aligning investment promotion and facilitation policies with sustainable development goals.

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