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  Can renewable energy help reduce poverty?

  id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2008

  Current patterns of energy production are polluting, unsustainable and characterised by unequal consumption and access. Finding appropriate energy solutions for economic growth and increased social equity, while protecting the environment, is a massive challenge. Some countries are showing how to develop renewable energy technologies suited to local conditions.
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  South Africa’s wood export potential using a gravity model approach

  University of Pretoria, 2007

  The South African government has identified the wood sector as one of the priority sectors that need to be promoted and developed in order to accelerate growth and reduce unemployment and poverty. This paper analyses the determinants of exports of wood and articles of wood using a gravity model approach.
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  Strengthening the capacity of developing countries to prepare for and participate in negotiations on future actions under the UNFCCC and its Kyoto Protocol: the BASIC project final report

  Institute of Development Studies UK, 2007

  The role of large developing countries in combating climate change will become increasingly important as the world negotiates a post-2012 agreement on climate change. This report summarises the activities undertaken by the BASIC Project (Building and Strengthening Institutional Capacities on Climate Change in Brazil, India, China and South Africa).
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  Law in transition 2007: public-private partnerships, legal reform in Russia

  European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, 2007

  Throughout the world, the use of public-private partnerships (PPPs) have become popular in recent years as states and municipalities work with the private sector to modernise and develop much-needed infrastructure. This collection of papers provides an overview of many current issues regarding private financing of public infrastructure.
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  The role of civil society organisations in promoting social justice and sound developmental policies in SADC

  CIVICUS - World Alliance for Citizen Participation, 2007

  Based on three case studies from Mozambique, South Africa and Zimbabwe, this study examines how civil society actors relate to the government and its policies at national levels. It aims to make a contribution to building closer cooperation between civil society and governments in the Southern African Development Community (SADC) region.
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  The impact of liberalisation on the South African economy: the case of the tourism and clothing sectors

  Southern African Regional Poverty Network, 2007

  This paper summarises the main findings from a one-day policy dialogue on “The Impact of Liberalisation on the South African Economy: The case of the tourism and clothing sectors” held in May 2007 in South Africa. Questions guiding the dialogue included:
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  Expanding international supply chains: the role of emerging economies in providing IT and business process services. Case studies of China, the Czech Republic, India and the Philippines

  Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, 2007

  This paper examines the expansion of international supply chains and the rise of China, the Czech Republic, India and the Philippines as exporters of business process services (BPS) and information technology services (ITS). The author argues that the BPS and ITS sectors in the four countries have different client focuses, partly due to language and cultural proximity.
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  New powers for global change?: Brazil as a regional player and an emerging global power: foreign policy strategies and the impact on the new international order

  Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung e.V., 2007

  Brazil is increasingly becoming an important player in world politics, both within the South American context and globally as one of the so-called BRICs. This essay examines the main lines of Brazilian foreign policy in the current presidency of Luís Inácio Lula da Silva.
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  A case study to show how TRIPS-plus intellectual property rules affect access to medicines

  Community Health Cell, Society for Community Health Awareness, Research and Action, 2007

  This document contains 3 separate papers dealing with the issue of “data exclusivity”, a term that refers to new “TRIPS-plus” measures that some governments, especially the US, are seeking to include in bilateral and regional trade agreements.
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  Growth of Indian multinationals in the world economy: implications for development

  Institute for Studies in Industrial Development, New Delhi, 2007

  The last few decades have seen the transformation of Indian firms into global entities. This study traces the growth of Indian multinationals and explores their influence on the development processes of both the host countries and at home.

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