Foreign Direct Investment and Human Development - 9780415535472

Taylor & Francis Ltd

Foreign Direct Investment and Human DevelopmentThe Law and Economics of International Investment Agreements\nAuthor(s): Olivier De Schutter, Johan Swinnen, Jan Wouters\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9780415535472, 978-0415535472\nSynopsis\nThis 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 involved worth paying? In particular, are these costs such that they risk undermining the ve.