Includes bibliographical references and index.

International investment law : the perpetual search for consensus / Jan Wouters, Sanderijn Duquet and Nicolas Hachez -- Foreign direct inv estment as an engine for economic growth and human development : a revi ew of the arguments and empirical evidence / Liesbeth Colen, Miet Maert ens and Johan Swinnen -- Determinants of foreign direct investment flow s to developing countries : the role of international investment agreem ents / 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 neg otiations on international investment agreements / Philip De Man and Ja n Wouters -- The role of development banks : the European investment ba nk's substantive and procedural accountability principles with regard t o human rights, social and environmental concerns / Nicolas Hachez and Jan Wouters.