Format:
1 online resource (x, 347 pages)
ISBN:
9781135128074
,
9781135128029
,
9781135128067
Content:
1. Introduction : foreign direct investment and human development / Olivier De Schutter, Johan Swinnen and Jan Wouters -- 2. International investment law : the perpetual search for consensus / Jan Wouters, Sanderijn Duquet and Nicolas Hachez -- 3. 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 -- 4. Determinants of foreign direct investment flows to developing countries : the role of international investment agreements / Liesbeth Colen, Miet Maertens and Johan Swinnen -- 5. What type of foreign direct investment is attracted by bilateral investment treaties? / Liesbeth Colen and Andrea Guariso -- 6. The host state : improving the monitoring of international investment agreements at the national level / Olivier De Schutter -- 7. Risk managers or risk promoters? : the impacts of export credit and investment insurance agencies on human development and human rights / Matthias Sant'Ana -- 8. Improving the framework of negotiations on international investment agreements / Philip De Man and Jan Wouters -- 9. 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.
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780415535472
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780415535489
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9780415535472
Language:
English
DOI:
10.4324/9780203076880
