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  Science and citizens: global and local voices

  Institute of Development Studies UK, 2006

  This IDS Policy Briefing argues that public engagement in scientific debates and policy processes is necessary to address how research agendas are framed and the social purposes they serve, and to ensure that poorer people and communities will benefit from them.Key questions include:what new perspectives on the links between science, technical expertise and citizen participation emerge
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  The Asian drivers: what are the implications for the rest of the world?

  id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2006

  Two trends are emerging from the current Asian dynamism. China and other Asian economies are investing large amounts of foreign reserves in US assets. Also, China and India are increasingly investing in developing countries. What does all this mean for the global economy?
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  China and the geopolitics of oil in the Asian Pacific Region

  Real Instituto Elcano de Estudios Internacionales y Estrategicos, Madrid, 2005

  This paper presents an overview of China’s energy sector, highlighting China’s growing dependence on oil imports.
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  The rise of China and India: what's in it for Africa?

  OECD Development Centre, 2006

  This brief examines the impact which China’s and India’s rise has on African countries.
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  Growing exports: the Brazilian tropical timber industry and international markets

  International Institute for Environment and Development, 2003

  This study investigates how plans by the Brazilian government to more than double its share of the global timber market can be achieved, The Government plans to improve the quantity of sustainably managed forest in private areas and to increase exports from sustainable sources from 5% to 30% by 2010Nine areas of concern which require urgent attention are highlighted: better business pr
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  Financing energy efficiency: lessons from recent experience with a focus on Brazil, China and India

  International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, Minsk, 2006

  Without gains from energy efficiency efforts, China, India and Brazil are projected to more than double their energy use and greenhouse gas emissions in a single generation, resulting in major impacts on the global energy system and climate.
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  South African merchandise trade with China

  Trade Law Centre for Southern Africa, 2006

  This paper assesses the trading relationship between South Africa and China.
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  What’s the matter with African industry?

  id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2006

  The share of manufacturing output generated in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) has remained persistently low for several decades – a mere 0.8 percent of the world’s total. Industrialisation strategies after independence aimed at substituting imports did not exploit links between branches of domestic manufacturing.
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  Future characteristics of the elderly in developing countries and their implications for policy

  Population Studies Center, University of Michigan, 2006

  This paper generates profiles of the elderly to 2050 on key characteristics for a set of thirteen developing countries that vary by region, size, economic level, and cultural traditions. Findings show dramatic shifts in the educational attainment and family size of the elderly over the next 30-40 years.
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  Dangling by a thread: how sharp are the Chinese scissors?

  Institute of Development Studies UK, 2006

  This report examines the impact that China’s booming export industry is having on the textile and furniture exports and jobs in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). The report finds that:China’s economic expansion has significant implications for SSA industry and growth by indirectly excluding outward-oriented SSA producers from global markets, and directly it squeezes locally-focused producers

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