TY - BOOK AU - Schutter,Olivier de AU - Swinnen,Johan F.M. AU - Wouters,Jan TI - Foreign direct investment and human development: the law and economics of international investment agreements SN - 9780415535472 (hardback) PY - 2013/// CY - New York PB - Routledge KW - Investments, Foreign KW - Law and legislation KW - Law and economic development KW - Investments, Foreign (International law) KW - Economic aspects N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; 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 ER -