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    Trade in financial services in Southern Africa: what room for negotiators post-2008 financial crisis?

    South African Institute of International Affairs, 2011
    This study examines the impact of the financial crisis and of Group of Twenty (G20) reform on trade in financial services in the Southern African Development Community (SADC) region, focusing specifically on corporate, trade and project finance from the standpoint of the biggest banks in South Africa.
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    PERISA case study 2 infrastructure: financing of infrastructure

    South African Institute of International Affairs, 2013
    Financing is a core requirement in the infrastructure development. However, local and regional financial capital markets in Southern Africa remain underdeveloped; and with the exception of South Africa, institutional and regulatory frameworks are weak, and institutional investors are largely absent.
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    SADC payment integration system

    South African Institute of International Affairs, 2013
    In 2013 the Southern African Development Community (SADC) Integrated Regional Electronic Settlement System (SIRESS) became operational in the four countries of the Common Monetary Area (CMA): South Africa, Namibia, Lesotho and Swaziland.
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    The dynamic south, economic development and inclusive growth: the challenges ahead

    The Brazilian Center for Analysis and Planning, 2013
    High wage inequality is a major policy concern in Brazil, India, China and South Africa. Recent literature points to the need to examine the role of minimum wages or unionisation and their links to inequality within labour markets and the role of social protection.
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    The dark side of foreign direct investment: a South African perspective

    South African Institute of International Affairs, 2013
    Often companies will seek to attract foreign investment as their capital requirements for investments cannot be served by the domestic markets. Foreign direct investment (FDI) is widely acknowledged as beneficial to developing countries’ economic growth.
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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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    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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    Mobilizing climate investment: the role of international climate finance in creating scaled-up low-carbon energy

    2013
    It is estimated that developing countries need US$ 531 billion per year additional investment in energy supply and demand technologies, between now and 2050, in order to limit global temperature rise to two degrees above pre-industrial levels.
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    Rising Powers in International Development: an annotated bibliography

    Institute of Development Studies UK, 2013
    The Rising Powers – a category that includes the BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) as well as other key countries such as Mexico, Turkey and Indonesia – are establishing themselves as an influential presence in the global development landscape, and playing an increasingly important role in shaping prospects for poverty reduction in lowincome countries.

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