Doing Business and Economic Prosperity as Indicators of Human Development

Abstract: Social responsibility indicators have become a popular complement to purely financial measurements over the past years. Corporations and governments show increased awareness and are actively pursuing creating better conditions for labourers and other citizens. This thesis tests a model where economic prosperity (GDP), which is moderated by regulation (DB), influences Human development (HDI) through foreign investor attraction (FDI). Based on archival data from 2011 to 2019 for 163 nations across the world, however, results are inconclusive compared to previous studies and applicable theory.