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Making sustainable development the key focus of the BRICS New Development Bank
South African Institute of International Affairs, 2016As the New Development Bank (NDB) gears up to extend its first loans in the second quarter of 2016, with its self-stated aim to ‘fund infrastructure and sustainable development projects in BRICS and other emerging economies’, it is important to consider what the bank might regard as ‘sustainable development’.DocumentWho drives climate-relevant policies in the Rising Powers?
Institute of Development Studies UK, 2016The future of human life on our planet is influenced increasingly by what goes on in the rising powers. This report presents a political economy analysis of their policies, comparing China, India, Brazil and South Africa.DocumentThe recalibration of middle powers under conditions of stress and opportunity
South African Institute of International Affairs, 2015Today’s global environment puts pressure on the so-called middle-power countries to project their identity and national interests. The current paper shows that middle powers have chosen different approaches to reinforce their identification.DocumentAgeing in emerging markets: Emerging Markets Symposium
The Emerging Markets Symposium, 2015The rise of emerging markets in the last half century has been associated with violent shifts in the tectonic plates of demography, economics and geography. There will be larger shifts in the next half century as emerging markets are transformed by the megatrends of globalisation, urbanisation, digitisation, climatisation, ideological conflict... and longevity.DocumentExtension of social security long - term care protection for older persons: a review of coverage deficits in 46 countries
International Labour Organization, 2015Due to the global demographic ageing, all countries are challenged by growing long-term care (LTC) needs for older persons. However, these needs are largely ignored and range very low on the policy agendas of most countries.DocumentSilk, cinnamon and cotton: emerging power strategies for the Indian Ocean and the implications for Africa
South African Institute of International Affairs, 2015This paper sheds light on the growing array of strategic visions for the Indian Ocean from an African lens, focusing particularly on the role that South Africa could play in this area.DocumentThe new Development Bank: identifying strategic and operational priorities
Observer Research Foundation, New Delhi, 2015At the 2014 BRICS1 Summit held in July 2014 in Fortaleza, Brazil, the heads of the Amember states signed an agreement establishing a New Development Bank (NDB) that will finance infrastructure and sustainable development projects.DocumentSocial programmes and job promotion for the BRICS Youth
International Policy Centre for Inclusive Growth, 2014Besides scaling up and improving the operationalisation of the initiatives designed to offer credit, work opportunities and vocational training to the youth, the BRICS nations, like all the nations of the globe, are faced with the pressing duty of finding means of including the youth productively in the labour market, in ways that genuinely represent the ambitions of this stage in the lifecycleDocumentPreliminary observations on social security and health care systems of the BRICS
International Policy Centre for Inclusive Growth, 2015This summary provides some preliminary findings of research on social security and health care policies in the BRICS countries. Thus far, our research demonstrates some basic institutional information about the social security and health care policies of the BRICS countries, as well as about their complementary policy aims. Social security (old-age pensions):DocumentAnnotated bibliography on developmental states, political settlements and citizenship formation: towards increased state capacity and legitimacy?
Effective States and Inclusive Development Research Centre, 2012Policymakers and academics agree that an effective state is the foundation for inclusive development, whilst also recognising the critical role of non-state actors in the delivery of goods and services to poor people.Pages