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    Taming the dragon? Defining Africa's interests at the Forum on China-Africa Co-operation (FOCAC): policy brief

    Centre for Conflict Resolution, University of Cape Town (UCT), 2009
    China is already an increasingly influential actor in future international relations, as its economy and geo-political interests continue to expand. African countries will continue to be important to Beijing, as China’s phenomenal economic growth is likely to increase its demand for Africa’s strategic resources, notwithstanding the global financial crisis of 2008/2009.
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    South Africa, Africa, and international investment agreements: policy brief

    Centre for Conflict Resolution, University of Cape Town (UCT), 2014
    Foreign direct investment is important for economic development, helping host countries to generate inflows of capital and finance; technological innovation; managerial best practices; and access to global market.
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    South Africa, Africa, and the BRICS: progress, problems, and prospects: policy brief

    Centre for Conflict Resolution, University of Cape Town (UCT), 2014
    The Centre for Conflict Resolution (CCR), Cape Town, South Africa, hosted a two-day policy advisory group seminar in Tshwane (Pretoria), South Africa, 2014.
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    The African, Caribbean, and Pacific (ACP) Group and the European Union (EU): policy brief

    Centre for Conflict Resolution, University of Cape Town (UCT), 2012
    The African, Caribbean, and Pacific (ACP) was established in 1975 with the aim of partnering the European Economic Community (EEC), now the EU, to promote the sustainable development of countries in sub-Saharan Africa, the Caribbean, and the Pacific, and to integrate them into the global economy.
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    South Africa, Africa, and international investment agreements

    Centre for Conflict Resolution, University of Cape Town (UCT), 2014
    By December 2013, 793 bilateral investment treaties had been concluded by African countries, representing 27 percent of the total number of such agreements.
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    India - Africa Business Innovation Meeting (Intellecap)

    Knowledge Partnership Programme, 2014
    The Knowledge Partnership Programme (KPP) funded by UK-DFID, in collaboration with Sankalp Forum organised a meeting to bring together the Indian and African Government leaders and business groups. The meeting included High Commissioners from Kenya and Ethiopia; and representatives from Ghana and Rwanda.
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    Deepening India’s engagement with the least developed countries: a critical analysis of India’s Duty-free Tariff Preference Scheme

    Knowledge Partnership Programme, 2014
    India became the first among emerging economies to announce a duty-free facility for LDCs. It did so during the first India-Africa Forum Summit in April 2008. This is not a coincidence, for Africa is home to 34 of the 49 LDCs, and is therefore the one region where international development efforts should be focused.
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    South-South technology transfer low carbon building technologies: market assessment report, Malawi

    Knowledge Partnership Programme, 2014
    The high rate of urbanisation in Malawi puts tremendous pressure on the entire building material sector. With constraints in supply of material and demand far outstripping supply, both the quality of material and the application (house) has degraded to an alarming extent. This has resulted in poor quality and increasing construction costs.
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    BCIM economic cooperation: prospects and challenges

    Centre for Policy Dialogue, Bangladesh, 2007
    This study is an attempt to explore the potentials for expanding trade and investment under the ambit of sub-regional cooperation comprising four contiguous countries of Eastern South Asia, which includes the two fast growing economies – India and China, and the two developing economies – Bangladesh and Myanmar (BCIM).
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    Who benefits from South Africa’s bilateral trade agreements?

    Trade and Industrial Policy Strategies, South Africa, 2008
    Trade liberal is ation is a key component of South Africa’s post-Apartheid development strategy, aimed at accelerating growth and creating employment. There is evidence suggesting that multilateral reforms over the last decade have been successful.

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