Foreign direct investment and human development : the law and economics of international investment agreements - Schutter, Olivier de.; Swinnen, Johan F. M., 1962-; Wouters, Jan. (New York : Routledge, 2013)
International investment law : the perpetual search for consensus / Jan Wouters, Sanderijn Duquet and Nicolas Hachez -- 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 Johan Swinnen -- Determinants of foreign direct investment flows to developing countries : the role of international investment agreements / Liesbeth Colen, Miet Maertens and Johan Swinnen -- What type of foreign direct investment is attracted by bilateral investment treaties? / Liesbeth Colen and Andrea Guariso -- The host 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.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Keywords: Investments, Foreign -- Law and legislation; Law and economic development; Investments, Foreign (International law); Investments, Foreign -- Economic aspects