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  BRICS-cities and the issue of social mobility: attraction of capital and the right to the city

  BRICS Policy Center / Centro de Estudos e Pesquisas BRICS, 2014

  The consolidation of a group of countries, like the BRICS nations, as strong global players demonstrates to the whole world that mobility is a real possibility in the international arena. What the BRICS grouping does not make clear, however, is whether this mobility will result in profound systemic changes towards a more equal and democratic world.
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  Will the BRICS provide the global public goods the world needs?

  Overseas Development Institute, 2014

  The demand for global economic governance is increasing in a globalising and increasingly interlinked economy. Yet global governance, a global public good, is currently undersupplied – and this (e.g. lack of global rules on trade, finance and emissions) is harming development.
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  BRICS in the World Trade Organization: comparative trade policies - Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa

  South African Institute of International Affairs, 2014

  In the light of the great uncertainties surrounding the current global political and economic situation, the role of emerging countries has been the focus of growing academic interest.
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  Implementing the responsibility to protect: new directions for international peace and security?

  Igarape Institute, 2013

  The international peace and security architecture is undergoing a profound renovation in the twenty first century. The Responsibility to Protect (R2P) doctrine is being re-evaluated from political and operational perspectives, while the Responsibility while Protecting (RwP), a Brazilian initiative, can be a new direction for international peace and security.
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  South-south technology transfer: criteria for evaluation of public policies in the BRICS countries

  BRICS Policy Center / Centro de Estudos e Pesquisas BRICS, 2013

  This Policy Brief reviews the existing literature concerned with analytical and conceptual models to evaluate technology transfer (TT) practices in cooperation projects, aiming at contributing to the formulation of effective public policies for the technological development in the BRICS countries.
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  Five fingers or one hand? The BRICS in development cooperation

  Institute of Development Studies UK, 2014

  The BRICS countries (Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa) are increasingly prominent in development cooperation activities in low-income countries in Africa and worldwide, presenting a potential alternative to the development aid model of traditional donors.
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  India in Afghanistan: a rising power or a hesitant power?

  2012

  Ever since the fall of the Taliban in 2001, India has tried to pursue a pro-active Afghanistan policy and a broad-based interaction is taking place between the two states. This is also a time when Indian capabilities - political, economic, and military - have increased markedly and India has become increasingly ambitious in defining its foreign policy agenda.  
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  The European Union's proposed carbon equalisation system: some implications for India's exports

  Research and Information System for Developing Countries, 2014

  In 2009, the European Union (EU) proposed to use border carbon measures, which could take the form of a direct or indirect “carbon tax”, against imports from its partner countries that were not following its emission norms.
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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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  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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