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    South Africa’s way ahead: shall we samba?

    Trade Law Centre for Southern Africa, 2010
    This publication examines the trading implications of extending the current preferential trading agreement (PTA) between the Southern African Custom Union (SACU) and MERCOSUR to a full free trade agreement (FTA).
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    The global economic crisis and Asian developing countries: impact, policy response and medium-term prospects

    Third World Network, 2010
    This report examines the systemic and structural weaknesses and vulnerability in Asian economies, which all were uncovered during 2008 global crisis. The paper states that the financial sector has shown a significant degree of resilience to shock from the subprime crisis in almost all Asian countries.
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    Adaptive social protection: mapping the evidence and policy context in the agriculture sector in South Asia

    Institute of Development Studies UK, 2010
    The concept of Adaptive Social Protection (ASP) refers to a series of measures which aims to build resilience of the poorest and most vulnerable people to climate change by combining elements of social protection (SP), disaster risk reduction (DRR) and climate change adaptation (CCA) in programmes and projects.  While these approaches have much in common, because they have developed separatel
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    Impacts and adaptations to climate change in the biodiversity sector in southern Africa

    Assessments of Impacts and Adaptations to Climate Change, 2006
    This study is about the vulnerability of aspects of biodiversity to climate change in South Africa. Three case studies were used to develop and test tools and methodologies for better understanding the response of species and ecosystems to the predicted impacts of climate change. The study makes a number of recommendations. National issues:
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    Mapping vulnerability to multiple stressors: climate change and globalisation in India

    Department of Geography, Rutgers University, 2004
    There is growing recognition in the human dimensions research community that climate change impact studies must take into account the effects of other ongoing global changes, yet there has been no systematic methodology to study climate change vulnerability in the context of multiple stressors.
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    Policies for low carbon growth

    Overseas Development Institute, 2009
    The paper presents a review of low carbon growth policies in two high-income (UK and Germany), five middle-income (China, India, Mexico, Guyana and Nigeria) and two low-income countries (Bangladesh and Ethiopia).
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    Climate adaptation in Asia: knowledge gaps and research issues in South Asia

    Institute For Social And Environmental Transition, 2008
    The report presents South Asia-wide review of climate change adaptation research, intended to identify present knowledge, gaps on adaptation and application including the practice of research. The study explores how groups in the vulnerable areas of the region are likely to experience stresses from impacts of climate change.
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    An analysis of inflation from a central banking perspective: the South African experience since 1921

    School of Development Studies, University of Kwazulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa, 2008
    This paper states that the problem of inflation in South Africa has occurred in different forms and has occupied the attention of monetary authorities over many years. The paper deems that inappropriate economic policy and monetary policy in particular, contributed to conditions conducive for the development of inflationary conditions.
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    Universal minimum old age pensions impact on poverty and fiscal cost in 18 Latin American countries

    Policy Research Working Papers, World Bank, 2010
    In Latin America, five countries - Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Costa Rica and Uruguay - have non-contributory pensions.  But pension coverage rates remain below 30% in half of Latin American countries.
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    Social protection in sub-Saharan Africa: will the green shoots blossom?

    Brooks World Poverty Institute, University of Manchester, 2010
    Interest in social protection has grown rapidly in sub-Saharan Africa over the last decade. This paper provides an overview of the recent extension of social protection in sub-Saharan Africa.

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