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    Saudi Arabia as an emerging market: commercial opportunities and challenges for South Africa

    South African Institute of International Affairs, 2010
    Saudi Arabia is a country on the rise with its sights set on full integration into the global economy. Since the late 1990s, Saudi policymakers have made a concerted effort to reform the country’s economy, and to position it as an investment destination and an important player in the global economy.
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    Chinese debt, aid and trade: opportunity or threat for Zambia?

    South African Institute of International Affairs, 2011
    The ripple effects of China’s economic ascendance over the past two decades have reached various aspects of the global economy. It cannot be ignored by countries such as Zambia, where this growing influence is strongly felt in the country’s social, economic and political economy.
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    China's overseas foreign direct investment risk: 2008–2009

    South African Institute of International Affairs, 2011
    Since the implementation of its ‘going-out’ strategy, China’s outward foreign direct investment (FDI) has experienced a rapid development, which has already become an important part of its overseas interests.
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    Chinese economic and trade co-operation zones in Africa: the case of Mauritius

    South African Institute of International Affairs, 2011
    While the promotion of Chinese economic and trade co-operation zones (ETCZs) has been hailed as an instrument for attracting Chinese investment into all sectors across Africa, the bulk of ETCZs to date have been targeted at the continent’s resource–rich countries and the largest markets. The JinFei ETCZ on the small, resource–poor island of Mauritius is a notable exception.
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    Before and beyond energy: contextualising the India–Africa partnership

    South African Institute of International Affairs, 2011
    India’s growing economy and the increasing demand for energy to support its development have opened a new dimension to India–Africa relations. While the India–Africa relationship is not new, the partnership has expanded into new, diverse areas, with energy being foremost among them.
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    International trade and emerging markets since the crisis

    South African Institute of International Affairs, 2011
    The global economic crisis has sparked the short-term divergence of economic performance between the West and emerging markets, thereby accelerating their convergence in the long-run, and is particularly evident in globalising Asia. Governments’ responses to the biggest deglobalisation since the Great Depression did not precipitate a descent into 1930s-style protectionism.
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    Is SACU ready for a monetary union?

    South African Institute of International Affairs, 2013
    Attaining a monetary union is an ambition for most African regional economic communities. Although studies have been undertaken on the costs and benefits of monetary unions, there has been little focus on the viability of a Common Monetary Area for member states of the South African Customs Union (SACU).
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    Global governance and the KAS guidelines: the view from India

    South African Institute of International Affairs, 2012
    The Konrad Adenauer Stiftung (KAS) guidelines are a framework for discussions on issues of global economic governance that could be relevant for all G-20 countries. This paper sets out to examine India’s approach to the guidelines against its internal and external policies and the general background of current changes and challenges in world economic governance.
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    Values versus interests in the G-20’s global economic governance effort: a South African perspective

    South African Institute of International Affairs, 2012
    As the world moves towards a multipolar power structure, so global economic governance becomes more challenging. One central issue is the need for major powers to find a basis on which to collaborate. For this reason, there is a rising interest in the potential of values to guide global norms in general and economic negotiations in particular.
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    Can the BRICS co-operate in the G-20? A view from Brazil

    South African Institute of International Affairs, 2012
    The emergence of the Group of Twenty (G-20) has changed the structure of today’s global economic governance substantially, providing a more inclusive and legitimate framework than the Group of Eight (G-8).

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