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    Reconfiguring international financial institutions: the BRICS Initiative

    Research and Information System for Developing Countries, 2015
    This paper examines the implications of the establishment of the New Development Bank (NDB) and the Contingent Reserve Arrangement (CRA) for the international financial system and for the BRICS countries.
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    India and APEC: an appraisal

    Research and Information System for Developing Countries, 2015
    The Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation ( APEC) forum, a premier regional institution promoting trade, investment and other linkages among economies of the Asia-Pacific region, has just celebrated twenty five years of its establishment. India is not a member of  APEC, but has close political, economic and strategic ties with many of its economies.
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    Pakistan in China’s eyes: pawn, pivot or a pointer to its world view?

    Institute of South Asian Studies, 2015
    China’s engagement with Pakistan serves as a pointer to the way Beijing is likely to deal with the rest of the world as it redefines its pivotal global position. This policy briefing makes a series of observations about the relationship between the two counrties.
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    Institute of South Asian Studies (ISAS)

    The Institute of South Asian Studies (ISAS) was established in July 2004 as an autonomous research institute at the National University of Singapore (NUS).
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    China’s development finance: ambition, impact and transparency

    Institute of Development Studies UK, 2015
    In a context of lagging reform in the Bretton Woods institutions, China has brought the debate on its role as a rising power in global economic governance onto the front pages, notably with the divided response of ‘the West’ to membership in the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB), which is to be headquartered in Beijing.
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    Is Indian development cooperation taking a new direction under Modi?

    Institute of Development Studies UK, 2015
    Rising powers such as the BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) are taking independent stands and changing the discourse on development cooperation in international fora. India has played a key role in driving this, most recently contributing to the establishment of the BRICS Development Bank and being nominated to host its first presidency.
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    Sustainable, low carbon transport in emerging and developing economies

    Institute for Transportation and Development Policy, 2012
    The overall structure of the transport sector in the developing world is changing because of rapid urbanisation. While Latin America is already highly urbanised, Africa and especially Asia are still undergoing rapid urbanisation. It is expected that China and India alone will add 500 million people to their urban population in the next 20 years.
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    Means of implementation and the global partnership for sustainable development: What's in it for emerging economies?

    Overseas Development Institute, 2015
    This study focuses on emerging economies (EMEs) and their role in the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
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    Policy framework for Foreign Direct Investment promotion in South Africa: operations, effectiveness and Sustainability

    South African Institute of International Affairs, 2015
    Foreign direct investment promotion in South Africa has expanded considerably in the two decades from 1995 to 2015. The investment promotion system is quite decentralised, with much of the work being carried out by provincial governments, albeit with support from Trade and Investment South Africa (TISA), a division of the Department of Trade and Industry.
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    Deepening India’s engagement with Africa through better market access

    Knowledge Partnership Programme, 2015
    In order to provide ‘trade’ stimulus to Least Developed Countries (LDCs), India launched a Duty-Free Tariff Preferences (DFTP) scheme in 2008. DFTP scheme provides duty free treatment to about 98 per cent of tariff lines and 48 LDCs are beneficiary of this scheme. Preliminary evidence indicates the effect of the scheme has been limited and varies from country to country.

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