Organization:D-8 Organization for Economic Cooperation

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D-8 Organization for Economic Cooperation
Members of D-8[1]
Formation1996
1997 (1 Summit)
Legal statusIntergovernmental organization
HeadquartersIstanbul, Turkey
Membership
Secretary-General
Sohail Mahmood
President
Badr Abdul Ati[2]
Chairman
Prabowo Subianto
Websitewww.developing8.org

The D-8 Organization for Economic Cooperation, also known as Developing-8, is an organisation for development co-operation among Bangladesh, Egypt, Indonesia, Iran, Malaysia, Nigeria, Pakistan, and Turkey.[3] Azerbaijan was admitted to the organization as the 9th member on 19 December 2024.[4]

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.[5] In 2006, trade between the D-8 member states stood at $35 billion, and it was around $68 billion in 2010.[6] Transactions between the eight developing countries accounted for 3.3 percent of world trade in 2010.[6] The total nominal GDP of the eight nations was around 4.92 trillion as of 2023.

Purposes and objectives

The main areas of co-operation include finance, banking, rural development, science and technology, humanitarian development, agriculture, energy, environment, and health.[5]

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.[7]

Structure

The Summit, which is convened every two years, has the highest level of authority, and is composed of the leaders of each member state.[8]

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.

D-8 Summits

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
11 18-20 December 2024  Egypt Abdel Fattah el-Sisi Cairo
12 2026-2027  Indonesia

Member countries

Country Population (2024) Nominal GDP (USD million) 2024[9] Nominal GDP per capita ($) 2024[9] PPP GDP (USD million) 2024[9] PPP GDP per capita ($) 2024[9] Life expectancy (years, avg. 2021) HDI (2021)[10]
 Azerbaijan 10,353,296 78,749 7,641 199,195 19,328 72.9 0.760 (high)
 Bangladesh 173,562,364 451,468 2,625 1,690,000 9,840 74.3 0.661 (medium)
 Egypt 116,538,258 380,044 3,542 2,230,000 20,799 71.8 0.731 (high)
 Indonesia 283,487,931 1,402,590 4,981 4,661,542 16,542 71.3 0.705 (high)
 Iran 91,567,738 434,243 5,013 1,700,000 19,607 77.3 0.774 (high)
 Malaysia 35,557,673 439,748 13,142 1,370,942 41,022 74.7 0.803 (very high)
 Nigeria 232,679,478 372,970 1,637 1,490,000 6,543 62.6 0.535 (low)
 Pakistan 251,269,164 374,595 1,588 1,580,000 6,715 68 0.544 (medium)
 Turkey 87,473,805 1,344,318 15,666 3,460,000 40,283 78.6 0.838 (very high)
Average 142,498,856 586,525 6,204 2,042,409 20,075 72.0 0.705 (high)
Combined 1,282,489,707 5,278,725 N/A 18,381,679 N/A N/A N/A

Secretaries-General

The Secretary General of the D-8 Organization for Economic Cooperation serves as the chief executive of the Secretariat. The Secretary General is appointed by the Summit, upon the recommendation of the Council of Ministers, by consensus from among qualified candidates nominated by Member States, for a single non-renewable term of four years, in accordance with Article 9.3 of the D-8 Charter and the principle of rotation among Member Countries.[11]

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[12]  Iran 2013 2017
5 Ku Jaafar Ku Shaari[13]  Malaysia 2018 2021
6 Isiaka Abdulqadir Imam[14]  Nigeria 2022 2025
7 Sohail Mahmood  Pakistan 2026 present

Affiliated Bodies

See also

References

  1. ↑ The official website adopts the "G-15" orthography (with a hyphen) in order to distinguish an abbreviated references to this group – contrasts with other similarly named entities.
  2. ↑ "مصر ریاست گروه دی هشت را برعهده گرفت". 18 December 2024. https://www.isna.ir/news/1403092820873/%D9%85%D8%B5%D8%B1-%D8%B1%DB%8C%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%AA-%DA%AF%D8%B1%D9%88%D9%87-%D8%AF%DB%8C-%D9%87%D8%B4%D8%AA-%D8%B1%D8%A7-%D8%A8%D8%B1%D8%B9%D9%87%D8%AF%D9%87-%DA%AF%D8%B1%D9%81%D8%AA?utm_source=chatgpt.com. 
  3. ↑ "Brief History of D-8". http://www.developing8.org/About.aspx/. 
  4. ↑ Azerbaijan Joins D-8 as New Member at Cairo Summit
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 "D8 ministerial summit opens today". Tehran Times. 27 February 2010. http://www.tehrantimes.com/index_View.asp?code=215026. 
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 "Iran pledges €50m to D8 fund". tehran times. 28 February 2010. http://www.tehrantimes.com/index_View.asp?code=215102. 
  7. ↑ "Archived copy". http://www.developing8.org/MissionStatement.aspx. 
  8. ↑ "Developing 8". Developing 8. 13 May 2006. http://www.developing8.org/about-d-8/organisational-structure/. 
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 9.3 International Monetary Fund. "World Economic Outlook Database, April 2023". International Monetary Fund. https://www.imf.org/en/Publications/WEO/weo-database/2023/April. 
  10. ↑ Human Development Report 2021-22: Uncertain Times, Unsettled Lives: Shaping our Future in a Transforming World. United Nations Development Programme. 8 September 2022. pp. 272–276. ISBN 978-9-211-26451-7. https://hdr.undp.org/system/files/documents/global-report-document/hdr2021-22pdf_1.pdf. Retrieved 8 September 2022. 
  11. ↑ "Nigerian becomes D-8's Secretary-General - News Digest" (in en-US). News Digest. 2022-01-05. https://newsdigest.ng/nigerian-secretary-general/. 
  12. ↑ "SBY encourages D-8 to boost cooperation - World" (in en). https://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2013/05/22/sby-encourages-d-8-boost-cooperation.html. 
  13. ↑ BAHARIN, MUHD IZAWAN (2017-10-20). "Malaysia to lead D-8 Secretariat beginning Jan 2018: DPM | New Straits Times" (in en). https://www.nst.com.my/news/nation/2017/10/293026/malaysia-lead-d-8-secretariat-beginning-jan-2018-dpm. 
  14. ↑ Somigli, Lorenzo (2023-08-04). "New Kids in The Block: BRICS, MINT, and Now D-8" (in en-US). https://moderndiplomacy.eu/2023/08/04/new-kids-in-the-block-brics-mint-and-now-d-8/. 
  15. ↑ "D-8 International University - D8 International Portal - D8 Portal" (in en-US). http://iu.d8.int/. 
  16. ↑ "Error: no |title= specified when using {{Cite web}}". https://d8.isc.ac/. 
  17. ↑ "Error: no |title= specified when using {{Cite web}}". http://developing8.org/d-8-npri/. 
  18. ↑ "HOME" (in en-US). https://d8tten.org/. 
  19. ↑ "Error: no |title= specified when using {{Cite web}}". https://developing8.org/areas-of-cooperation/health/. 
  20. ↑ "University of Agriculture Faisalabad (UAF)". https://web.uaf.edu.pk/News/NewsDetail/1707. 


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