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    From poverty to empowerment: India’s imperative for jobs, growth, and effective basic services

    McKinsey Global Institute, 2014
    More than two decades have passed since India embarked on major economic reforms—and although official poverty rates have declined sharply since then, millions of Indians continue to face significant deprivation in terms of quality of life and access to basic services.
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    Understanding South Africa’s role in achieving regional and global development progress

    Institute of Development Studies UK, 2014
    As Africa’s most diversified, developed and (until recently) largest economy, South Africa occupies a unique position in the international development debate. It is an active player in global governance and development fora, maintains an extensive development partnership with its region, and is a member of the BRICS Forum of emerging powers (along with Brazil, Russia, India and China).
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    Grounded: special report - Brazil

    The Economist, 2013
    A special country-focused edtion of The Economist magazine looks at the following topic areas:
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    Sustainable Brazil: social and economic impacts of the 2014 World Cup

    Ernst & Young Terco, 2011
    On October 30, 2007, the FIFA Executive Committee appointed Brazil as host of the 2014 World Cup football tournament.
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    Building BRICs by building stadiums: preliminary reflections on recent and future sports mega-events in four emerging economies

    International Research Institute for Sport Studies, UK, 2014
    Research on sports mega-events throughout the world has demonstrated that the benefits of staging them tend to be overestimated and the costs underestimated.
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    India’s FDI inflows trends and concepts

    Research and Information System for Developing Countries, 2011
    India’s inward investment regime went through a series of changes since economic reforms were ushered in two decades back. The expectation of the policy makers was that an “investor friendly” regime will help India establish itself as a preferred destination of foreign investors.
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    Innovative Asia: advancing the knowledge-based economy - highlights of the forthcoming ADB study

    Asian Development Bank, 2014
    This paper provides highlights from an Asian Development Bank (ADB) study titled “Asia’s Knowledge Economies: Next Policy Agenda.” A suite of reports will be completed shortly under this study: a flagship report on knowledge-based economies in Asia; four country reports on the People’s Republic of China, India, Indonesia, and Kazakhstan; and a report on creative producti
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    ‘Oil for Housing’: Chinesebuilt new towns in Angola

    South African Institute of International Affairs, 2014
    China has gained a foothold in the African construction sector through the provision of ‘resources for infrastructure’ loans. The dominance of Chinese companies is particularly evident in mega projects such as railways, major transportation arteries, public buildings, etc.
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    It is not just about economic growth in China: finances matter

    Research and Information System for Developing Countries, 2014
    Banks in China have provided a risk cover for the lenders by bailing them out whenever they missed their payments in the bond market. Non-performing loans (NPL), in particular, have been a disturbing feature of China’s financial sector. Recent financial defaults by a rising number of companies in China indicate a brewing danger to the financial system.
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    The Indian economy at a crossroads

    2014
    In the early 1990s, India’s embrace of economic and trade liberalization reforms yielded two decades of robust economic growth that gave rise to the so-called Indian Economic Miracle. But recently, momentum for continued liberalisation has waned.

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