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    From the GHG measurement frontline: a synthesis of non-annex I country national inventory system practices and experiences

    World Resources Institute [ES], 2013
    This working paper focuses on national greenhouse gas (GHG) inventories. It draws upon case studies from Brazil, Colombia, India, Mexico, and South Africa and highlights seven emerging good practices that these countries have used to develop capacity and improve and sustain their national GHG inventory systems.
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    Beyond the new deal: global collaboration and peacebuilding with BRICS countries

    Institute of Development Studies UK, 2014
    Development in fragile and conflict-affected contexts is both complex and contested. The New Deal for Engagement with Fragile States, endorsed by 35 countries and six organisations, is the current focus of efforts to harmonise aid approaches.
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    Capacity needs for greenhouse gas measurement and performance tracking

    World Resources Institute [ES], 2014
    This working paper summarises the results of scoping research to assess capacity needs in six countries—Brazil, Colombia, Ethiopia, India, South Africa, and Thailand—related to greenhouse gas (GHG) measurement and performance tracking. The paper identifies common capacity challenges, as well as opportunities to overcome them.
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    Challenging development cooperation? A literature review of the approaches of the emerging powers

    Research Institute for Work and Society, KU Leuven, 2013
    Looking at existing literature, this paper discusses the major ways in which the emerging powers, in this isnstance Brazil, India, China and South Africa (the BICS) are challenging the development cooperation policies and practices of the ‘tradition’ development actors. The author highlights ten ways in which the BICS are are challenging development cooperation:
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    Brazil, India, China and South Africa in agriculture and food security in Malawi

    Research Institute for Work and Society, KU Leuven, 2014
    This paper describes the involvement of four of the so-called emerging powers - Brazil, India, China and South Africa - in development cooperation activities regarding agriculture and food security in Malawi. The prime focus is on the activities and policies of governmental actors, although also development cooperation initiatives of other development actors are mentioned.
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    Adding new spices to development cooperation. Brazil, India, China and South Africa in health, agriculture and food security

    Research Institute for Work and Society, KU Leuven, 2013
    In recent years, the four so-called emerging powers or economies - Brazil, India, China and South Africa (the BICS) - have gained considerable academic, policy and media attention for their activities in development cooperation. Some authors argue that these countries employ innovative and alternative approaches to development cooperation than the traditional, i.e. OECD-DAC donors.
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    Stalled UN Security Council reform: time to consider resetting policy?

    Institute for Security Studies, 2011
    South Africa, Brazil, India, Germany and others have been pushing for reform of the United Nations (UN) Security Council that would realise their ambitions to secure permanent seats on the Security Council. But at the end of 2011, 20 years since the reform momentum began, the process is stalled.
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    IBSA six years on: co-operation in a new global order

    South African Institute of International Affairs, 2009
    Six years after its launch, officials can no longer claim that the India–Brazil–South Africa (IBSA) Forum is still in its infancy. It is time to evaluate results and missed opportunities to provide a balanced assessment.
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    The burdens of multilateral engagement and club diplomacy for middle-income countries: the case of South Africa in the Brics and the G-20

    South African Institute of International Affairs, 2012
    South Africa is a member of both the G-20 and the BRICS, which is a significant positioning for the country’s global strategy. This further enhances the country’s weight as Africa’s powerhouse. This membership occurs at a time when global governance is in a sustained state of flux, with no discernible leadership anchorage.
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    The BRICS in the emerging global economic architecture

    South African Institute of International Affairs, 2012
    For more than 10 years South Africa has been part of a group of countries, invariably including China, India and Brazil, responsible for forming the elements that have the potential of altering the dynamics of several multilateral processes. But South Africa’s inclusion in the BRICS has not been without its controversies.

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