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    How does the global power shift affect the low carbon transformation?

    Institute of Development Studies UK, 2014
    Two transformations are likely to dominate the first half of the twenty-first century. One is the shift in economic power from the West (North America and Western Europe) to the East (China and the East Asian production system). The second is the transition from a high to low carbon economy. The first shift is at an advanced stage; the second at an early stage.
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    The BRICS fallacy

    Center for Strategic and International Studies, 2013
    Focus on the BRICS began in 2001. Back then, the group only included Brazil, Russia, India, and China (South Africa was added in 2010). It all started with a November 2001 Goldman Sachs research paper titled ‘‘Building Better Global Economic BRICs,’’ written by Jim O’Neill.
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    Traditional and emerging partners’ role in African regional economic integration: issues and recommendations

    South African Institute of International Affairs, 2013
    Regional integration in Africa is still an active agenda item for African nations and pan-African institutions such as the African Union. Regional integration is motivated by the need for larger markets in order to grow trade and investment.
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    The economic engagement footprint of rising powers in sub-Saharan Africa: an analysis of trade, foreign direct investment and aid flows

    Institute of Development Studies UK, 2013
    Rising powers such as Brazil, China, India, South Africa, the Gulf states or Turkey have entered the development arena through their expanding relationships with low-income countries (LICs) . A widespread perception is that these countries are establishing new forms of engagement, mainly under a South–South cooperation framework.
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    Chinese foreign direct investment in Latin America and the Caribbean: China-Latin America cross-council taskforce

    United Nations [UN] Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean, 2013
    Although Chinese corporations were relatively unknown in Latin America until a few years ago, their direct investments in the region have averaged about US$10 billion per year since 2010.
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    China’s economic statecraft and African mineral resources: changing modes of engagement

    South African Institute of International Affairs, 2013
    China’s impressive inroads into Africa’s resources sectors over the past decade are explained largely by the timely match between a cash-loaded China in search of raw materials and a continent with a vast pool of underdeveloped mineral deposits, exploration of which has been hindered for decades by underinvestment and infrastructure bottlenecks.
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    China's evolving Africa policy: the limits of socialization - Journal of Current Chinese Affairs

    German Institute of Global and Area Studies, 2011
    China’s policies toward Africa have transformed dramatically in the last decade, and this evolution has coincided with important shifts in China’s institutional decision-making processes on African affairs.  This journal issue presents new insights into how China’s presence on the African continent has evolved, what challenges it has encountered, and how this all affected th
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    Africa-BRICS cooperation: implications for growth, employment and structural transformation in Africa

    UN Economic Commission for Africa, 2013
    What effect could trade with, and investment and aid from, the BRICS (Brazil, Russian Federation, India, China and South Africa) have on growth, employment and structural transformation in Africa? How can Africa maximize the benefits of its engagement with the BRICS, and minimize the risks?
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    BRICS – South Africa’s way ahead?

    Trade Law Centre for Southern Africa, 2013
    South Africa’s admission to the group was motivated by China and supported by Russia. Its accession to the BRICS generated much discussion about the country’s suitability to be part of the formation. One of the real issues raised is that South Africa does not measure up to the other BRIC economies in terms of population, trade levels and performance, and growth rates.
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    What next for the BRICS Bank?

    Institute of Development Studies UK, 2013
    A new development bank to be created by the ‘Rising Powers’ of Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa (BRICS) is intended to promote greater cooperation between developing countries, and address what is seen by many as a history of misguidance and underinvestment by the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund (IMF).

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