Having adhered to the OECD Declaration on International Investment and Multinational Enterprises in July 2007 , Egypt undertook a thorough review by OECD members of its international investment policies using the Policy Framework for Investment . This publication presents the results of this review. It finds that international investors responded quickly to the government's policy reform efforts: foreign direct investment (FDI) into Egypt increased eightfold in just three years, diversifying away from the petroleum sector and bringing much-needed investment to a broad range of manufacturing..