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South Africa and the BRICS alliance: challenges and opportunities for South Africa and Africa
Transnational Institute, 2014South Africa under the ANC and its alliance with the BRICS promised a more moral, democratic vision of global governance, but in practice its foreign policy has been too often swayed by narrow commercial interests and short-term growth. For the past decade, Africa has experienced the longest continuous growth spurt since independence from colonialism.DocumentChina and India, “rising powers” and African development : challenges and opportunities
Nordic Africa Institute / Nordiska Afrikainstitutet, Uppsala, 2014In this report, the challenges and opportunities arising from the growing ties between two key “Rising Powers,” China and India, and Africa are more fully explored. This trend has given rise to speculative, exaggerated and ideological responses and a mixture of anxiety and hope.DocumentPolicy framework for Foreign Direct Investment promotion in South Africa: operations, effectiveness and Sustainability
South African Institute of International Affairs, 2015Foreign direct investment promotion in South Africa has expanded considerably in the two decades from 1995 to 2015. The investment promotion system is quite decentralised, with much of the work being carried out by provincial governments, albeit with support from Trade and Investment South Africa (TISA), a division of the Department of Trade and Industry.DocumentAnticipating the South African tenure in the Chair of the G77: the context and contours
Institute for Global Dialogue, South Africa, 2014South Africa has a precious opportunity to use the chairpersonship of the G77 to help transform the agency of the global south from making lofty undertakings to taking concrete measures to implement what has been agreed. It has the opportunity to strengthen the G77 secretariat by attracting more financial resources and ensuring sound and efficient management systems are in place.DocumentThe Durban BRICS Summit: partnership for development and integration proceedings report
Institute for Global Dialogue, South Africa, 2013The media hype and international attention that centered on Durban during the fifth BRICS Summit (26–27 March 2013) has faded.DocumentKorea and South Africa: building a strategic partnership
Institute for Global Dialogue, South Africa, 2009In an era of global financial crisis and shrinking economies, it has become more urgent and more important for South Africa’s foreign policy to focus on international engagements that produce clearly defined commercial advantage in the national interest.DocumentThe prospects of South Africa’s engagement with ASEAN countries
Institute for Global Dialogue, South Africa, 2014According to the South African draft White Paper on Foreign Policy "Building a better world: the diplomacy of ubuntu", the Asian continent is of increasing importance to South Africa and Africa.DocumentTechnical regulations and trade: implications for regional integration
Trade and Industrial Policy Strategies, South Africa, 2015Technical regulations lay down compulsory requirements for product or service characteristics or their related processes and production methods. They have specific administrative provisions and conformity assessment requirements with which compliance is mandatory for safety, health, environmental control and consumer protection.DocumentIncreased Chinese engagement in South Africa’s economy – strategies, opportunities and future implications
Centre for Chinese Studies, University of Stellenbosch, 2015China and South Africa’s relationship has deepened in recent years. Extensive political structures, such as South Africa’s Comprehensive Strategic Partnership agreement with China, provide opportunities for bettering local development.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.Pages
