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Is China's slowdown for real?
Research and Information System for Developing Countries, 2012In recent months, China’s economy has been showing signs of slowing down. The country’s GDP growth rate fell below 9 per cent in the third quarter of 2011. Although the reversal of the growth trends is only marginal, it has nonetheless made news because such a trend has not been seen for quite a while.DocumentUntangling the nets: the governance of Tanzania’s marine fisheries
South African Institute of International Affairs, 2010This case study of marine fisheries governance in Tanzania forms part of a three-year project entitled Strengthening the Governance of Africa’s Natural Resources conducted by the Governance of Africa’s Resources Programme of SAIIA.DocumentNew thinking on the governance of water and river basins in Africa: lessons from the SADC region
South African Institute of International Affairs, 2010The Southern African Development Community (SADC) region offers useful lessons about governance in transboundary river basins.DocumentSecuring a social licence to operate? from stone age to new age mining in Tanzania
South African Institute of International Affairs, 2010Despite its relatively nascent operations, commercial mining is becoming a significant contributor to the Tanzanian economy and has the potential to become more so. While mining’s contribution to Tanzania’s gross domestic product (GDP) is a relatively modest 2.3%, its export value constitutes some 45% of foreign earnings.Document2013 Revised Supplementary Methods and Good Practice Guidance Arising from the Kyoto Protocol
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, 2014This document aims to provide supplementary methods and good practice guidance for estimating anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions by sources and removals by sinks resulting from land use, land-use change and forestry (LULUCF) activities under Article 3, paragraphs 3 and 4, of the Kyoto Protocol for the second commitment period – 2003 – 2020.DocumentChinese Yuan, spreading its wings
Research and Information System for Developing Countries, 2012China has not only been consistent in pursuing a continuous effort in internationalising yuan, but it has also stepped up its efforts for greater yuan convertibility. China’s policy in loosening capital controls has been broad involving different aspects of bringing in capital convertibility as well as making its currency a global one.DocumentBalancing development and coastal conservation: mangroves in Mozambique
South African Institute of International Affairs, 2013Despite their well-researched and widely recognised socioeconomic and ecological value, mangroves are among the world’s most threatened vegetation types. More than a fifth of the world’s mangroves have been lost over the past 30 years alone, and many of the remaining forests are degraded.DocumentTrade in financial services in Southern Africa: what room for negotiators post-2008 financial crisis?
South African Institute of International Affairs, 2011This study examines the impact of the financial crisis and of Group of Twenty (G20) reform on trade in financial services in the Southern African Development Community (SADC) region, focusing specifically on corporate, trade and project finance from the standpoint of the biggest banks in South Africa.DocumentUsing corruption risk assessments for REDD+: and introduction for practitioners
2014Corruption Risk Assessments (CRAs) are both an analytic and due diligence exercise to identify issues associated with, contributing to, or otherwise facilitating corruption in a particular setting.