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
ISBN-10
0415535484
ISBN-13
9780415535489
Category
Business & Economics
Pages
359
Language
English
Published
2013
Publisher
Routledge
Authors
Jan Wouters, Olivier De Schutter, Johan F. M. Swinnen

Description

The effect on developing countries of the arrival of foreign direct investment (FDI) has been a subject of controversy for decades in the development community. The debate over the relationship between FDI in developing countries and the progress of these countries towards human development is an ongoing and often heated one. Adopting an interdisciplinary perspective combining insights from international investment law, human rights law and economics, this book offers an original contribution to the debate. It explores how improvements ...

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