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    Towards Agenda 2063: re-inventing partnership on extractive governance

    South African Institute of International Affairs, 2015
    The demand for effective resource governance partnerships has grown in line with pressure on Africa’s extractive industries to deliver inclusive and sustainable development. This briefing outlines key principles that should frame stakeholder engagements in Africa’s extractive industries, with balanced participation by companies, governments and other role players.
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    Deepening India–Bangladesh economic cooperation: challenges and opportunities

    Research and Information System for Developing Countries, 2007
    In recent years, South Asia has received growing attention as a region that is integrating successfully into the global economy. To maximise the benefits in terms of faster growth and poverty reduction, the region will need to strengthen regional and bilateral cooperation in several areas.
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    Regional cooperation and integration prospects in Asia

    Research and Information System for Developing Countries, 2007
    There is indeed a strong opportunity for South Asian countries to benefit from intensifying regional ties. As a regional policy dialogue becomes stronger and barriers are gradually eliminated, or at least substantially reduced, economic integration will intensify in the next decade or two. This is partly due to the very low level of integration it starts from.
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    Freeport McMoran versus the People of Fungurume: How the largest mining investment in DRC has brought poverty not prosperity

    Southern African Resource Watch, 2012
    The Tenke Fungurume Mining (TFM) company controls a 1,600 square kilometre mining concession in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). The Tenke Fungurume deposits make up one of the most important reserves of copper and cobalt in the world with abundant quantities of high assay ore.
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    The role of experts in India's economic growth

    Institute of Economic Growth, India, 2014
    One of the important issues that have dominated the debate in the international growth literature is the role of exports in economic growth. Many economists have argued that more rapid growth of exports can lead to higher economic growth. This is the so-called export-led growth hypothesis (ELGH).
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    China's manufacturing success: lessons for India

    Institute of Economic Growth, India, 2014
    For India to achieve its stated goals of reviving its manufacturing sector and providing jobs to the tens of millions of its unemployed youth, it must design policies targeted at low cost mass manufacturing, and will need massive investment, including major contributions from foreign investors. There are crucial lessons for India in China's success in the manufacturing sector.
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    South Africa’s current and future trade agreements

    Trade and Industrial Policy Strategies, South Africa, 2010
    South Africa initiated the first trade agreement with the European Union (EU) at the turn of the 21st century. Whilst the Trade and Development Cooperation Agreement (TDCA) was put into place follow ing prolonged negotiations, this was followed by the implementation of the Trade protocol with neighbouring member states of the Southern African Development Community (SADC).
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    Examples of industrial policy approaches within regional integration initiatives - some reflections for the Southern African Customs Union (SACU)

    Trade and Industrial Policy Strategies, South Africa, 2011
    This paper forms part of a broader research project TIPS has been involved in around common regional industrial policies. It looks at three examples of regional integration: the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), the European Union and Mercosur. The focus is on understanding the drivers and motivation for regional integration in different parts of the world.
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    An investigation of the determinants of intra-industry trade between Zambia and its trading partners in the Southern African Development Community (SADC)

    Trade and Industrial Policy Strategies, South Africa, 2012
    Intra-Industry trade (IIT) has generally been perceived to be a feature of the industrialised countries. As the past few years have seen a rapid increase in Zambia’s trade with its trading partners in the SADC, trade statistics reveal that a substantial part of such intra-SADC trade is in fact of the IIT form.
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    The geographic designation of Special Economic Zones

    Trade and Industrial Policy Strategies, South Africa, 2014
    Special economic zones (SEZs) emerged internationally as a policy to support industrial development in particular by providing for the introduction of targeted incentives and infrastructure. Internationally, despite their name, they are often effectively delinked from specific geographic areas in order to achieve these aims.

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