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    Rising powers and the African security landscape

    Chr. Michelsen Institute, Norway, 2014
    As the rising powers of China, Brazil, India and South Africa extend their economic engagement in Africa, they are also gradually becoming more involved in the African peace and security agenda. The four articles in this report describe and analyse how these rising powers are engaging with the African security landscape:
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    Accelerating progress in Family Planning: options for strengthening civil society-led monitoring and accountability

    Results for Development Institute, 2014
    In recent years, accountability initiatives led by citizens and civil society organizations (CSOs) have proliferated, particularly in the health and education sectors.
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    Fighting corruption in South Asia: building accountability

    Transparency International, 2014
    Hardly a speech is delivered in South Asia without mention of the need to fight corruption in the region. Yet despite the lofty promises, corruption is on the rise. This report shows how a serious lack of political will on the part of governments to make laws work, means that government action to fight corruption is largely ineffective.
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    Will rising democracies adopt pro-human rights foreign policies?

    South African Institute of International Affairs, 2014
    As democratisation unfolded in countries such as Brazil, India, Indonesia and South Africa, it was hoped that these states would find common ground with more established democracies. While emerging and established democracies have collaborated in responding to grave human rights abuses in Myanmar, North Korea and Libya, among others, serious cleavages remain.
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    Global health in foreign policy - and foreign policy in health? Evidence from the BRICS

    Health Policy and Planning, 2014
    Amidst the growing literature on global health, much has been written recently about the Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa (BRICS) countries and their involvement and potential impact in global health, particularly in relation to development assistance.
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    Child Marriage in South Asia

    Center for Food Safety, 2013
    Child marriage is a human rights crisis occurring on an alarming scale in South Asia. South Asia accounts for almost half of all child marriages that occur globally. Child marriage does not constitute a single rights violation; rather, every instance of it triggers a continuum of violations that continues throughout a girl’s life.
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    Women’s Social Security and Protection in India

    2013
    What are the real-life situations and challenges relating to Indian women’s social security and protection, and what can be done to improve them?
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    Gender Responsive Budgeting and Aid Effectiveness Knowledge Briefs

    United Nations Development Fund for Women, 2010
    This series investigated how gender responsive budgeting (GRB) tools and strategies had been used in the context of aid modalities, such as general budget support (GBS) and sector budget support (SBS). Research was carried out in ten countries: Cameroon, Ethiopia, India, Morocco, Nepal, Mozambique, Peru, Rwanda, Tanzania, and Uganda.
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    National Foreign Trade Policy of India: focus on development dimensions

    2014
    The National Foreign Trade Policy (NFTP) is one of India’s main pillars of trade promotion. This briefing paper reflects the results of a study that was undertaken across various clusters throughout India to garner local perspectives on how to enhance the use of this policy as an instrument for inclusive growth.
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    Learning from India’s development cooperation

    Institute of Development Studies UK, 2014
    In recent years, India has substantially increased the levels of its development cooperation. It has streamlined its development cooperation activities and put the principles of South-South Cooperation, including respect for national sovereignty, national ownership and independence, non-conditionality and

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