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    South Africa and SADC: options for constructive regional leadership

    Institute for Global Dialogue, South Africa, 2014
    Notwithstanding its economic and political dominance in southern Africa, South Africa is bound to the region in a relationship of interdependence. Pretoria’s leadership in efforts to create a regional community where human development and security are within the reach of all citizens is therefore indispensible.
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    The India-Brazil-South Africa Trilateral Dialogue Forum at 10 years: reflections and looking ahead

    Institute for Global Dialogue, South Africa, 2013
    In 2003 India, Brazil and South Africa issued the Brasilia Declaration launching what has become known as IBSA, a trilateral initiative of multifaceted cooperation among three of the most influential regional powers on their respective continents.
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    Towards a sustainable development diplomacy: a case study of freedom, politics, policy and communication in South Africa

    Institute for Global Dialogue, South Africa, 2015
    Diplomatic relationships between South African public and private actors and BRICS partners China and India, by definition development diplomacy, are amongst South Africa’s most important and productive, and arguably, sustainable, relationships in the sense that they are based upon respect for difference (of cultures, political and economic systems, etc.) and that their many aspects are g
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    The G77 + China and the changing multilateral diplomacy of the South

    Institute for Global Dialogue, South Africa, 2015
    This report gives the proceedings of a symposium convened to cover the strengths and weaknesses of the G77+China, and implications for Africa and South Africa. Furthermore, the symposium was convened to reflect on particular questions with regard to the challenges faced by the G77 + China, which would unravel important perspectives that challenge the status quo. These questions were:
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    New Development Bank: a contribution to development finance

    Research and Information System for Developing Countries, 2015
    The BRICS countries at their sixth Summit held at Fortaleza, Brazil on 15 July 2014 decided to establish the New Development Bank (NDB) and the Contingent Reserve Arrangement (CRA). This brief examines in this policy brief:
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    Australia’s policy priorities in a global era

    South African Institute of International Affairs, 2015
    Australian policymakers face competing economic and strategic priorities. Increasingly, Australia’s economic future is closely tied to relations with its East Asian neighbours. However, at a regional level it has simultaneously found it difficult to achieve the policy outcomes it would like – largely because
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    The political ecology of Chinese investment in Uganda: the case of Hanhe Farm

    SAIS China Africa Research Initiative, 2014
    Hanhe Farm, located in the Nakaseke Administrative District, is the first private Chinese land-based agriculture enterprise in Uganda. This case can be used to examine the political context of land acquisition in Uganda, the ecological impact of land-use changes, and local community experiences and responses to conflicts over access to land and protection of ecological rights.
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    Chinese training courses for African officials: a “win-win” engagement?

    SAIS China Africa Research Initiative, 2014
    As part of its growing engagement in Africa, China has become one of the world's largest providers of short-term agricultural training courses. China's training course model differs from most other traditional donors in that it almost exclusively targets government officials.
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    World Centre for Sustainable Development / RIO+ Centre

    The World Centre for Sustainable Development (RIO+ Centre) was established as a legacy of the Rio+20 Conference to keep the commitment to inclusive and sustainable development alive.
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    National Development Banks in the BRICS: Lessons for the Post-2015 Development Finance Framework

    Institute of Development Studies UK, 2015
    In 2015, the framework to succeed the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) will be agreed. As described in the outcome document of the United Nations (UN) Rio+20 conference, The Future We Want, the mobilisation and effective use of stable, sufficient and suitable development finance must be a crucial part of this framework.

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