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South Africa in the transitioning multilateral development cooperation landscape
Institute for Global Dialogue, South Africa, 2014Between 2006 and 2010, South Africa received an estimated R 200 million (US$ 22 million) from various Western governments and agencies through the United Nations Development Fund (UNDP). Yet about one fifth of the total sum of this Development Fund came from the government of South Africa itself. This scenario problematizes South Africa‟s dual identity.DocumentSouth Africa and opportunities for trilateral development cooperation
Institute for Global Dialogue, South Africa, 2014International development cooperation has traditionally been channeled from the geo-political North to the South, but developments in South-South cooperation and the appreciation of shared developmental experiences among developing countries is beginning to change the development cooperation landscape.DocumentSouth Africa and SADC: options for constructive regional leadership
Institute for Global Dialogue, South Africa, 2014Notwithstanding its economic and political dominance in southern Africa, South Africa is bound to the region in a relationship of interdependence. Pretoria’s leadership in efforts to create a regional community where human development and security are within the reach of all citizens is therefore indispensible.DocumentNational Development Banks in the BRICS: Lessons for the Post-2015 Development Finance Framework
Institute of Development Studies UK, 2015In 2015, the framework to succeed the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) will be agreed. As described in the outcome document of the United Nations (UN) Rio+20 conference, The Future We Want, the mobilisation and effective use of stable, sufficient and suitable development finance must be a crucial part of this framework.DocumentThe BRICS Contingent Reserve Arrangement and its position in the emerging global financial architecture
South African Institute of International Affairs, 2015In its present shape and size the BRICS Contingent Reserve Arrangement (CRA) should be regarded as symbolic and exploratory rather than as a substantive challenger to the International Monetary Fund (IMF).DocumentBRICS Insights 6: BRICS in their regions: exploring the roles of regional finance
Global Economic Governance Africa, 2015The diversity of sources of international development finance has increased dramatically in recent years. The large emerging powers of BRICS are central contributors to this phenomenon. While they have provided international finance for decades, the quantity and ambition of this finance have seen real advances since 2000. Yet little is known about the details of this lending.DocumentBRICS Insights 3: The rise of development finance institutions South Africa, BRICS and regional strategy
Global Economic Governance Africa, 2015In contrast to the normative edge to South Africa’s foreign policy under former president Nelson Mandela and the focus on Africanism under former president Thabo Mbeki, foreign policy has taken a hard-edged posture under President Jacob Zuma’s administration.DocumentRising powers in international development: the state of the debate in South Africa
Institute of Development Studies UK, 2014South Africa occupies an interesting position in the international development debate.DocumentBeyond the North-South divide: triangular cooperation in the new development cooperation
BRICS Policy Center / Centro de Estudos e Pesquisas BRICS, 2015International development cooperation has been changing rapidly during the last two decades. Shifts in international power constellations and a trend towards an increasing multipolarity are reflected in development cooperation institutions and settings.DocumentUnderstanding the Rising Powers' contribution to the Sustainable Development Goals
Institute of Development Studies UK, 2015Rising powers such as Brazil, India and China have been criticised for being obstructive in the negotiations on the post-2015 development agenda. The start of the United Nations (UN) negotiations saw high expectations for the role of these countries in shaping the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). This leadership has not materialised.Pages