Cover -- Table of contents -- Preface -- 1 Human development and internationalization of the economy -- 1.1 Introduction -- 1.2 The impact of human development on trade and FDI: Literature review -- 1.2.1 Human development and international trade -- 1.2.2 Human development and FDI -- 1.3 Research hypotheses -- 2 Measures of human development -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 The Human Development Index and its components -- 2.2.1 Life Expectancy Index -- 2.2.2 Income Index -- 2.2.3 Education Index -- 2.3 Other measures of human development -- 2.3.1 Gini index -- 2.3.2 Gender - related measures of inequality -- 2.3.3 Political rights and civil liberties indices -- 2.3.4 Other indices used in analyses of human development -- 2.4 Summary -- 3 Human development and aggregate exports: A country level analysis -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 Analytical Framework -- 3.3 Estimation results -- 3.3.1 Results for the period 1980-2010 -- 3.3.2 Results for the period 2007-2008 -- 3.4 Summary and policy recommendations -- 4 Export activity and human development in Central and Eastern European countries: A firm level analysis -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.2 Literature Review -- 4.3 Empirical methodology and data description -- 4.3.1 Empirical methodology -- 4.3.2 Data description -- 4.4 Estimation results -- 4.4.1 Results for the aggregated HDI -- 4.4.2 The disaggregated results for HDI components -- 4.5 Conclusions -- 5 Human Development and FDI inflows at the macroeconomic level. -- 5.1 Introduction -- 5.2 Methodology -- 5.3 Determinants of total FDI inflows -- 5.4 The determinants of bilateral FDI inflows in Central and Eastern Europe -- 6 Firm Level Analysis of FDI and Human Development -- 6.1 Introduction -- 6.2 Literature review -- 6.3 Methodology -- 6.4 Estimation results -- 6.5 Summary -- Appendix to Chapter 6 -- Summary and conclusions -- References.