Foreign direct investment and human development : the law and economics of international investment agreements / / edited by Olivier De Schutter, Johan Swinnen and Jan Wouters.

• Author: ProQuest (Firm)
• TeilnehmendeR: Schutter, Olivier de.; Swinnen, Johan F. M., 1962-; Wouters, Jan.; ProQuest (Firm)
• Year of Publication: 2013
• Language: English
• Physical Description: x, 347 p. :; ill.

Table of Contents

Introduction--foreign direct investment and human development / Olivier De Schutter, Jo Swinnen and Jan Wouters -- International investment law--the perpetual search for consensus / Jan Wouters, Nicolas Hachez and Sanderijn Duquet -- Foreign direct investment as an engine for economic growth and human development--a review of the arguments and empirical evidence / Liesbeth Colen, Miet Maertens and Jo Swinnen -- Determinants of foreign direct investment flows to developing countries--the role of international investment agreements / Liesbeth Colen, Miet Maertens and Jo Swinnen -- What type of foreign direct investment is attracted by bilateral investment treaties? / Liesbeth Colen and Andrea Guariso -- The capital-importing state--improving the monitoring of international invesment agreements at the national level / Olivier De Schutter -- Risk managers or risk promoters--the impacts of export credit and investment insurance agencies on human development and human rights / Matthias Sant'Ana -- Improving the framework of negotiations on international investment agreements / Philip De Man and Jan Wouters -- The role of development banks--the European investment bank's substantive and procedural accountability principles with regard to human rights, social and environmental concerns / Nicolas Hachez and Jan Wouters.