Foreign direct investment and human development the law and economics of international investment agreements /

Foreign direct investment and human development the law and economics of international investment agreements / [electronic resource] : edited by Olivier De Schutter, Johan Swinnen and Jan Wouters. - New York : Routledge, c2013. - x, 347 p. : ill.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.


Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.

9780203076880 (electronic bk.)




Investments, Foreign--Law and legislation.
Law and economic development.
Investments, Foreign (International law)
Investments, Foreign--Economic aspects.


Electronic books.

K3830 / .F67 2013

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