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

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Schutter, Olivier de., Swinnen, Johan F. M., 1962-, Wouters, Jan.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Routledge, 2013.
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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.