D-8 Organization for Economic Cooperation

D-8 Organization for Economic Cooperation

Members of D-8^[1]
Formation	1996 1997 (1 Summit)
Legal status	Intergovernmental organization
Headquarters	Istanbul, Turkey
Membership	8 Bangladesh Egypt Indonesia Iran Malaysia Nigeria Pakistan Turkey
Secretary-General	Ambassador Isiaka Abdulqadir Imam
President	Sheikh Hasina
Website	www.developing8.org

The combined population of the eight countries is about 1.2 billion or 60% of all Muslims, or close to 13% of the world's population and covering an area of 7.6 million square kilometers, 5% of world land area.^[3] In 2006, trade between the D-8 member states stood at $35 billion, and it was around $68 billion in 2010.^[4] Transactions between the eight developing countries accounted for 3.3 percent of world trade in 2010.^[4] The total nominal GDP of the eight nations was around 4.92 trillion as of 2023.

The main areas of co-operation include finance, banking, rural development, science and technology, humanitarian development, agriculture, energy, environment, and health.^[3]

In the first Summit Declaration (Istanbul, 1997), the main objective of D-8 is stated to be socio-economic development in accordance with the following principles:

Peace instead of conflict.
Dialogue instead of confrontation.
Cooperation instead of exploitation.
Justice instead of double standard.
Equality instead of discrimination.
Democracy instead of oppression.

The fifth D-8 Summit Declaration (Bali, 2006) produced the following, as illustration of the application of the group's objectives:

Commitment to work together to solve the problem of economic disparities within our countries.
Reaffirm commitment to enhance co-operation in the field of energy to develop alternative and renewable energy resources.
Emphasize the importance of D-8 in contributing to the economic development of its member countries and ensure that it promotes global trade.^[5]

The Summit, which is convened every two years, has the highest level of authority, and is composed of the leaders of each member state.^[6]

The Council is the principal decision-making body and forum for consideration of issues relating to the and is composed of the foreign affairs ministers of each member state.

The Commission has executive authority, and is composed of Commissioners appointed by each member state's government. Commissioners are responsible for promoting compliance with directives in their respective nation. Finally, an executive director is appointed by D-8 members to facilitate communication and to act in a supervisory capacity during each summit or lower-level assembly.

	Date	Host country	Host leader	Location held
1	June 1997	Turkey	Necmettin Erbakan	Istanbul
2	March 1999	Bangladesh	Sheikh Hasina	Dhaka
3	February 2001	Egypt	Hosni Mubarak	Cairo
4	February 2004	Iran	Mohammad Khatami	Tehran
5	May 2006	Indonesia	Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono	Bali
6	July 2008	Malaysia	Abdullah Ahmad Badawi	Kuala Lumpur
7	July 2010	Nigeria	Muhammadu Buhari	Abuja
8	November 2012	Pakistan	Asif Ali Zardari	Islamabad
9	October 2017	Turkey	Recep Tayyip Erdoğan	Istanbul
10	April 2021	Bangladesh	Sheikh Hasina	Virtual

Country	Population (1 July 2023)^[7]	Nominal GDP (USD million)^[8]	Nominal GDP per capita ($)^[8]	PPP GDP (Int$ million)^[8]	PPP GDP per capita (Int$)^[8]	Life expectancy (years, avg. 2021)	HDI (2021)^[9]
Bangladesh	172,954,319	509,516	2,969	1,578,164	9,063	74.3	0.661 (medium)
Egypt	112,716,599	378,110	3,644	1,803,584	16,979	71.8	0.731 (high)
Indonesia	277,534,123	1,391,778	5,016	4,398,729	15,855	71.3	0.705 (high)
Iran	89,172,767	367,970	4,251	1,691,819	19,548	77.3	0.774 (high)
Malaysia	34,308,525	447,026	13,382	1,230,823	36,847	74.7	0.803 (very high)
Nigeria	223,804,632	506,601	2,280	1,372,624	6,178	62.6	0.535 (low)
Pakistan	240,485,658	376,493 (2022)	1,658 (2022)	1,582,988	6,836	68	0.544 (medium)
Turkey	85,816,199	1,029,303	11,931	3,572,551	41,412	78.6	0.838 (very high)
Combined/Average	1,236,792,822	4,917,797	3,976	17,128,282	13,849	72.0	N/A

No.	Name	Country of origin	Took office	Left office
1	Ayhan Kamel	Turkey	1997	2006
2	Dipo Alam	Indonesia	2006	2010
3	Widi Agoes Pratikto	Indonesia	2010	2012
4	Seyed Ali Mohammad Mousavi	Iran	2013	2017
5	Ambassador Dato' Ku Jaafar Ku Shaari	Malaysia	2018	2021
6	Ambassador Isiaka Abdulqadir Imam	Nigeria	2022	present

D-8 International University^[10]
D-8 Map of Scientific Excellence and Collaboration (D8-MSEC)^[11]
D-8 Network of Pioneers for Research and Innovation (D-8 NPRI)^[12]
D-8 Technology Transfer and Exchange Network (D-8 TTEN)^[13]
D-8 Health and Social Protection Programme (D-8 HSP)^[14]
D-8 Research Center for Agriculture and Food Security^[15]

^ The official website Archived 12 September 2017 at the Wayback Machine adopts the "G-15" orthography (with a hyphen) in order to distinguish an abbreviated references to this group – contrasts with other similarly named entities.

^ "Brief History of D-8". Archived from the original on 12 June 2018. Retrieved 18 November 2012.

^ ^a ^b "D8 ministerial summit opens today". Tehran Times. 27 February 2010. Retrieved 1 March 2010.

^ ^a ^b "Iran pledges €50m to D8 fund". tehran times. 28 February 2010. Retrieved 1 March 2010.

^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 28 November 2012. Retrieved 18 November 2012.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

^ "Developing 8". Developing 8. 13 May 2006. Archived from the original on 14 March 2010. Retrieved 1 March 2010.

^ "UNdata | record view | Total population, both sexes combined (thousands)". data.un.org. Retrieved 16 September 2021.

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d International Monetary Fund. "World Economic Outlook Database, April 2023". International Monetary Fund.

^ Human Development Report 2021-22: Uncertain Times, Unsettled Lives: Shaping our Future in a Transforming World (PDF). United Nations Development Programme. 8 September 2022. pp. 272–276. ISBN 978-9-211-26451-7. Archived (PDF) from the original on 8 September 2022. Retrieved 8 September 2022. {{cite book}}: |website= ignored (help)

^ "D-8 International University - D8 International Portal - D8 Portal". D8 International Portal. Retrieved 27 December 2023.

^ d8.isc.ac https://d8.isc.ac/. Retrieved 27 December 2023. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)

^ developing8.org http://developing8.org/d-8-npri/. Retrieved 27 December 2023. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)

^ "HOME". D-8TTEN. Retrieved 27 December 2023.

^ developing8.org https://developing8.org/areas-of-cooperation/health/. Retrieved 27 December 2023. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)

^ "University of Agriculture Faisalabad (UAF)". web.uaf.edu.pk. Retrieved 27 December 2023.

D-8 Organization for Economic Cooperation

Contents

Purposes and objectives

Structure

D-8 Summits

Member countries

Secretaries-General of D-8

Affiliated Bodies

See also

References

External links

Languages