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    South Africa’s super-exporters

    Trade and Industrial Policy Strategies, South Africa, 2014
    The export market offers an opportunity for South African firms to grow beyond the limitations of the local market, and employ more people. Exporting encourages innovation (through international competition) and leads to improved product quality. 
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    Access to finance: microfinance innovations in the People's Republic of China

    Asian Development Bank, 2015
    From the early 1990s to 2005, the People’s Republic of China (PRC) used a top–down approach to rural finance and microfinance reform and development. The top level policy issues were largely the focus and market issues at the micro level received little attention. This approach could not have sustainable results.
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    Prospects for establishing an education hub: the case of Botswana

    Trade and Industrial Policy Strategies, South Africa, 2011
    Botswana is a net importer of tertiary education services. A significant proportion of public funds are spent on educating citizens in foreign institutions. The deliberate policy of government to educate the citizens is clearly articulated in different public policy documents.
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    Internationalising higher education in Southern Africa with South Africa as the major exporter

    Trade and Industrial Policy Strategies, South Africa, 2011
    South Africa is the major exporter of higher education services in the SADC region and has managed to position itself as the major destination for international students in the SADC region and in Africa as a whole. South African Universities have also adopted policies to internationalise the educational system, hence transferring South Africa into the educational hub of Southern Africa.
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    The policy case for a tailor-made indicator of sustainable development for South Africa

    Trade and Industrial Policy Strategies, South Africa, 2012
    South Africa reflects many of the world’s sustainability problems. Gains from the rise in commodity prices and debt-fueled, consumption-led growth have masked issues such as rising costs and declining competitiveness of the economy.
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    Win win partnership? China, Southern Africa and extractive industries

    Southern African Resource Watch, 2012
    The People’s Republic of China (PRC) has prioritised Africa as a strategic partner at both the political and economic levels. According to some observers, the evidence of China’s growing African involvement suggests a strategy devised to secure access to the continent’s abundant resources.
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    On managing risks facing the Indian economy: towards a better balance between public and private sectors

    Research and Information System for Developing Countries, 2009
    While the global economy has pulled back from the financial abyss, it is by no means out of the woods. The developing countries (including India) should be prepared for:
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    Changes of the EU's iInternational status and influence

    China Institute of International Studies, 2014
    At the time when the euro area suffers from the debt crisis and the European economy has been sluggish for years, a question has attracted people’s attention – will the European Union (EU) weather the crisis and get even stronger afterwards or decline to be a secondary power in the world?
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    Post-2015 development agenda: an Indian perspective

    Research and Information System for Developing Countries, 2014
    The global debate around the finalisation of the Post-2015 development agenda aims to consider how societies could work towards attaining sustainable development in the coming years.
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    Sino-American rivalry in the context of Asia-Pacific economic regionalism

    State University Higher School of Economics,, Russian Federation, 2014
    The rise of Asian regionalism and Sino-American rivalry are determining trends in the Asia-Pacific region. Asian economic indicators remain stable and growing even during the severe global crisis of 2008 and have become more and more comparable to those of developed countries.

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