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

This book presents original research that examines the growth of international investment agreements as a means to attract foreign direct investment (FDI) and considers how this affects the ability of capital-importing countries to pursue their development goals. The hope of countries signing such treaties is that foreign capital will accelerate transfers of technologies, create employment, and benefit the local economy through various types of linkages. But do international investment agreements in fact succeed in attracting foreign direct investment? And if so, are the sovereignty costs i