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    The Millennium Development Goals Report 2014

    UN, 2014
    Fourteen years ago, the Millennium Declaration articulated a bold vision and established concrete targets for improving the existence of many and for saving the lives of those threatened by disease and hunger. There has been important progress across all goals, with some targets already having been met well ahead of the 2015 deadline.
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    Institute of Economic Growth, India (IEG)

    The Institute of Economic Growth (IEG) is an autonomous, multidisciplinary Centre for advanced research and training. IEG's research falls into the following broad themes:
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    Effective States and Inclusive Development Research Centre (ESID)

    The Effective States and Inclusive Development Research Centre, (ESID, investigates the political drivers of inclusive development, particularly how state capacity and elite commitment can emerge and
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    Including people with disabilities in emergency relief efforts

    Institute of Development Studies UK, 2014
    More must be done to ensure the needs and rights of people with disabilities are fully recognised in disaster risk reduction and emergency responses.
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    China-Africa Joint Research and Exchange Programme: Forum on China Africa Co-operation (FOCAC): Drawing lessons for African integration from accelerated development in China

    Centre for Chinese Studies, University of Stellenbosch, 2014
    What lessons can be drawn from the development experience in China to accelerate the African integration agenda?
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    Formal residential markets in urban areas

    Urban LandMark, 2011
    Property market is functioning well for those who are able to participate in it, but for poorer people, for whom the critical requirement of affordability is a barrier, the formal market is not easily accessed. This case study examines the formal urban land and property market in South Africa, its institutions, “rules of the game” and functioning.
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    Even it up: time to end extreme inequality

    Oxfam, 2014
    Using new research and examples, this report shows the scale of the problem of extreme economic inequality, and reveals the multiple dangers it poses to people everywhere. It identifies the two powerful driving forces that have led to the rapid rise in inequality in so many countries: market fundamentalism and the capture of politics by elites.
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    Home based entrepreneurs

    Urban LandMark, 2006
    To understand why not many South Africans consider their house as an asset that can build wealth, and how the economic asset potential of housing can be promoted as a strategy to alleviate poverty, a study into housing entrepreneurs was carried out in Gauteng in 2005 and 2006, by Shisaka Development Management Services.
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    Promoting peer review as a compliance mechanism for regional integration

    South African Institute of International Affairs, 2014
    Multilateral organisations have long used peer review as a means to encourage compliance with commitments made in the pursuit of various socio-economic goals. Africa established the African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM) as an indigenous system to monitor the progress of member states in the realm of governance and to provide support for their national development priorities.
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    Regional cooperation for infrastructure development: towards an institutional framework for investment in the IOR - ARC

    Research and Information System for Developing Countries, 2013
    Infrastructure plays a key role in promoting economic growth and development. Infrastructure is considered as a priority sector for investment in the Indian Ocean Rim Association for Regional Cooperation (IOR-ARC). Due to low domestic savings most of the member states in the region are quite dependent on foreign investment for capital formation.

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