To meet the millennium development goals as well as fulfill the vision of the Rio+20 outcome document, �The Future We Want�, developing countries, in particular the LDCs and other structurally weak and vulnerable economies, will have to boost investment and domestic private sector participation in sustainable development sectors such as infrastructure and public services. Indeed, sustainable and inclusive development is not possible without investment in these sectors. The latest UNCTAD data show that international investment attraction declined for the third year running in some of the world's poorest regions in 2011, such as Africa. Clearly, there is a greater need in these regions for assistance from the international community to help build individual and institutional capacity to attract investment and ensure it contributes to sustainable and inclusive outcomes. The project, therefore, aims to support government policymakers, investment promotion officials and academia to identify, design and implement effective investment policies that will increase the level of corporate investment in priority sectors identified in the Rio+20 outcome document and maximize the development contribution of investment. To maximize corporate investment, the project will have a particular focus on private sector participation, through new financing opportunities, such as best practices in public-private sector partnerships (PPPs). Through a series of sequential activities, and working with the ICC, UNDP, the Global Compact and UN Regional Commission for Africa, the project will maximise existing knowledge and expertise to achieve its goals.