The Policy Framework for Investment (PFI) was developed by OECD and non-OECD participants in a task force established under the aegis of the OECD Investment Committee as part of the OECD Initiative on Investment for Development launched in Johannesburg in November 2003.

The PFI was adopted and declassified by the OECD Council, the governing board of the Organisation, and welcomed by Ministers at their annual OECD meeting in May 2006. OECD and non-member partners will continue to work together, in co-operation with the World Bank, the United Nations and other interested institutions and with the active engagement of business, labour and other civil society organisations, to support effective use and future development of the Framework.

Documents and links

Making the Most of the Policy Framework for Investment, Speech by the OECD Secretary-General on 20 July 2006

Using ODA to Promote Private Investment for Development: Policy Guidance for Donors, 15 March 2006

OECD Initiative on Investment for Development - Note on the outcome of the work, 15 May 2006 [ English / French ]

Public consultation, including responses received, January 2006

OECD Observer article: Investing for development: The Policy Framework for Investment, October 2005

Policy Lessons on the Role of ODA in Mobilising Private Investment, 2005 

Enabling Development - OECD statement to the follow-up of the UN Millennium Declaration and Monterrey Consensus, May 2005 [ English / French ]

OECD Initiative on Investment for Development: Progress Report, April 2005 [English / French ]

OECD Initiative on Investment for Development: Towards a Policy Framework for Investment - Overview, March 2005

Conferences

PFI User's Toolkit

A PFI User's Toolkit has been developed to help governments use the PFI. The Toolkit provides specific and practical implementation guidance in the 10 policy areas of the PFI.

Partner organisations