Business and Private sector
Emerging economies seeking new markets; government-led investment programmes for large companies, and investment from Small and Medium Enterprises; potential negative impacts of lax business regulations on social and labour relations and the environment.
- What next for the BRICS Bank?
- N. Watson; M. Younis; S. Spratt / Institute of Development Studies UK, 2013
- A new development bank to be created by the ‘Rising Powers’ of Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa (BRICS) is intended to promote greater cooperation between developing countries, and address what is seen by many...
- The Global Information Technology Report 2013: Growth and Jobs in a Hyperconnected World
- B. Bilbao-Osorio (ed); S. Dutta (ed); B. Lanvin (ed) / World Economic Forum, 2013
- The Networked Readiness Index presented in this report ranks 144 economies based on their capacity to exploit the opportunities offered by the digital age. This capacity is determined by the quality of the regulatory, business and inn...
- China’s accession to the WTO: Consequences for Bangladesh’s export-oriented RMG sector
- M. Rahman / Centre for Policy Dialogue, Bangladesh, 2003
- Chinas long march to the WTO has been closely followed by other member countries with great interest, and in some cases, great concern. On the one hand, many countries are optimistic that Chinas entry into a rule-based sys...
- Rising Powers in International Development: an annotated bibliography
- M. Younis; J. Constantine; E. Wach; L. Navas-Alemán; A. Shankland; A. Yadav / Institute of Development Studies UK, 2013
- The Rising Powers – a category that includes the BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) as well as other key countries such as Mexico, Turkey and Indonesia – are establishing themselves as an influential pre...
- Narratives of China-Africa Cooperation for Agricultural Development: New Paradigms?
- Buckley L. / Future Agricultures Consortium, 2013
- FAC Working Paper 53 Lila Buckley Current debate is still largely centred on China?s engagement with African agriculture as either a threat or an opportunity. Such debate will not be resolved without a broader body of empi...
- Narratives of Brazil-Africa Cooperation for Agricultural Development: New Paradigms?
- Cabral L., Shankland A. / Future Agricultures Consortium, 2013
- FAC Working Paper 51 Lídia Cabral and Alex Shankland This paper summarises the findings of a scoping study on Brazilian development cooperation in agriculture in Africa. The study comprised, in the first instance, a...
- Chinese and Brazilian Cooperation with African Agriculture: The Case of Ghana
- Amanor, K. / Future Agricultures Consortium, 2013
- FAC Working Paper 52 Kojo Amanor This paper explores the differences in Brazilian and Chinese investments in Ghana. It examines the extent to which the framework of South-South cooperation illuminates or masks these changi...
- Chinese and Brazilian Cooperation with African Agriculture: The Case of Ethiopia
- Alemu, D. / Future Agricultures Consortium, 2013
- FAC Working Paper 50 Dawit Alemu The increased importance of South-South cooperation in rural and agricultural development, and especially the increased role of BRICS countries, has been debated in relation to internationa...
- Chinese and Brazilian Cooperation with African Agriculture: The Case of Zimbabwe
- Mukwereza, L. / Future Agricultures Consortium, 2013
- FAC Working Paper 48 by Langton Mukwereza This report describes the status of agricultural aid and cooperation programmes by Brazil and China in Zimbabwe from three perspectives: A specification for each pro...
- China’s Lusophone Connection
- A. Alves / South African Institute of International Affairs, 2008
- In October 2003, Macau hosted the first ministerial meeting of the Forum for Trade and Economic Cooperation between China and Portuguese-speaking countries, bringing together high-level representatives from Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde,...
- What next for the BRICS Bank?
- N. Watson; M. Younis; S. Spratt / Institute of Development Studies UK, 2013
- A new development bank to be created by the ‘Rising Powers’ of Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa (BRICS) is intended to promote greater cooperation between developing countries, and address what is seen by many...
- The Global Information Technology Report 2013: Growth and Jobs in a Hyperconnected World
- B. Bilbao-Osorio (ed); S. Dutta (ed); B. Lanvin (ed) / World Economic Forum, 2013
- The Networked Readiness Index presented in this report ranks 144 economies based on their capacity to exploit the opportunities offered by the digital age. This capacity is determined by the quality of the regulatory, business and inn...
- China’s accession to the WTO: Consequences for Bangladesh’s export-oriented RMG sector
- M. Rahman / Centre for Policy Dialogue, Bangladesh, 2003
- Chinas long march to the WTO has been closely followed by other member countries with great interest, and in some cases, great concern. On the one hand, many countries are optimistic that Chinas entry into a rule-based sys...
- Rising Powers in International Development: an annotated bibliography
- M. Younis; J. Constantine; E. Wach; L. Navas-Alemán; A. Shankland; A. Yadav / Institute of Development Studies UK, 2013
- The Rising Powers – a category that includes the BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) as well as other key countries such as Mexico, Turkey and Indonesia – are establishing themselves as an influential pre...
- Narratives of China-Africa Cooperation for Agricultural Development: New Paradigms?
- Buckley L. / Future Agricultures Consortium, 2013
- FAC Working Paper 53 Lila Buckley Current debate is still largely centred on China?s engagement with African agriculture as either a threat or an opportunity. Such debate will not be resolved without a broader body of empi...
- Narratives of Brazil-Africa Cooperation for Agricultural Development: New Paradigms?
- Cabral L., Shankland A. / Future Agricultures Consortium, 2013
- FAC Working Paper 51 Lídia Cabral and Alex Shankland This paper summarises the findings of a scoping study on Brazilian development cooperation in agriculture in Africa. The study comprised, in the first instance, a...
- Chinese and Brazilian Cooperation with African Agriculture: The Case of Ghana
- Amanor, K. / Future Agricultures Consortium, 2013
- FAC Working Paper 52 Kojo Amanor This paper explores the differences in Brazilian and Chinese investments in Ghana. It examines the extent to which the framework of South-South cooperation illuminates or masks these changi...
- Chinese and Brazilian Cooperation with African Agriculture: The Case of Ethiopia
- Alemu, D. / Future Agricultures Consortium, 2013
- FAC Working Paper 50 Dawit Alemu The increased importance of South-South cooperation in rural and agricultural development, and especially the increased role of BRICS countries, has been debated in relation to internationa...
- Chinese and Brazilian Cooperation with African Agriculture: The Case of Zimbabwe
- Mukwereza, L. / Future Agricultures Consortium, 2013
- FAC Working Paper 48 by Langton Mukwereza This report describes the status of agricultural aid and cooperation programmes by Brazil and China in Zimbabwe from three perspectives: A specification for each pro...
- China’s Lusophone Connection
- A. Alves / South African Institute of International Affairs, 2008
- In October 2003, Macau hosted the first ministerial meeting of the Forum for Trade and Economic Cooperation between China and Portuguese-speaking countries, bringing together high-level representatives from Angola, Brazil, Cape Verde,...
- Revista de Educação e Pesquisa em Contabilidade (RePEc)
- Open access journal on education and research in accounting.




