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EurAfrique? Africa and Europe in a new century: seminar report
Centre for Conflict Resolution, University of Cape Town (UCT), 2008This report examines the relationship between Africa and Europe in the 21st Century, and investigates whether this relationship is one of habit or is of real strategic importance to both parties.DocumentDevelopment Banks from the BRICS
Institute of Development Studies UK, 2015The BRIC acronym was created at the beginning of the 2000s to represent a group of four fast-growing economies –Brazil, Russia, India and China – and was changed to BRICS in December 2010 with the inclusion of South Africa.DocumentTaming the dragon? Defining Africa's interests at the Forum on China-Africa Co-operation (FOCAC): policy brief
Centre for Conflict Resolution, University of Cape Town (UCT), 2009China is already an increasingly influential actor in future international relations, as its economy and geo-political interests continue to expand. African countries will continue to be important to Beijing, as China’s phenomenal economic growth is likely to increase its demand for Africa’s strategic resources, notwithstanding the global financial crisis of 2008/2009.DocumentSouth Africa’s developmental state makeover
Trade and Industrial Policy Strategies, South Africa, 2010This paper highlights ten key features of the Developmental State (DS) growth model by contrasting economic and institutional trends between China (and East Asia more generally) and South Africa.DocumentThe policy case for a tailor-made indicator of sustainable development for South Africa
Trade and Industrial Policy Strategies, South Africa, 2012South Africa reflects many of the world’s sustainability problems. Gains from the rise in commodity prices and debt-fueled, consumption-led growth have masked issues such as rising costs and declining competitiveness of the economy.DocumentAfrican regional economic communities’ engagement with China
Centre for Chinese Studies, University of Stellenbosch, 2014The development of effective African Regional Economic Communities (RECs) stands to benefit African countries immensely.DocumentChina - Mali relationship: finding mutual benefit between unequal partners
Centre for Chinese Studies, University of Stellenbosch, 2014Since 2000, China-Africa co-operation has seen a rapid increase in scope and size. The West African nation of Mali is one of the 50 African states with diplomatic relations with China; its experience allows for possible parallels with other African states in their engagement with a much more potent partner.DocumentChina-Africa Joint Research and Exchange Programme: Forum on China Africa Co-operation (FOCAC): Drawing lessons for African integration from accelerated development in China
Centre for Chinese Studies, University of Stellenbosch, 2014What lessons can be drawn from the development experience in China to accelerate the African integration agenda?DocumentPromoting peer review as a compliance mechanism for regional integration
South African Institute of International Affairs, 2014Multilateral organisations have long used peer review as a means to encourage compliance with commitments made in the pursuit of various socio-economic goals. Africa established the African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM) as an indigenous system to monitor the progress of member states in the realm of governance and to provide support for their national development priorities.DocumentChina's engagement in Africa: responding to growing tensions and contradictions
BRICS Policy Center / Centro de Estudos e Pesquisas BRICS, 2013China’s involvement in Africa goes back more than fifty years. However, over the past decade or so its presence on the continent has been growing at a remarkable rate. Since 2000, China-Africa trade has increased twenty-fold, and Chinese direct investment in Africa more than thirty-fold.Pages