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    Chinese investments in Zimbabwe and Namibia: a comparative legal analysis

    Centre for Chinese Studies, University of Stellenbosch, 2014
    The rapid expansion of Chinese investments in Africa has generated considerable interest among analysts of law, politics and economics. These investments have sparked both hope and uncertainty about the true intentions of China on African soil and the implications they have on the development of African economies.
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    China-Africa agricultural co-operation: mutual benefits or self-interest?

    Centre for Chinese Studies, University of Stellenbosch, 2014
    Agriculture is regarded as a critical tool to help alleviate poverty among African populations. Domestic and international investors have focused on ensuring domestic food security by harvesting untapped agricultural potential.
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    Promoting peer review as a compliance mechanism for regional integration

    South African Institute of International Affairs, 2014
    Multilateral organisations have long used peer review as a means to encourage compliance with commitments made in the pursuit of various socio-economic goals. Africa established the African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM) as an indigenous system to monitor the progress of member states in the realm of governance and to provide support for their national development priorities.
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    Getting down to business: lessons from the African Peer Review Mechanism

    South African Institute of International Affairs, 2014
    The Africa Peer Review Mechanism (APRM) is an initiative aimed at fostering good governance and development in its participating states. As part of its multi-pronged inquiry, it devotes a great deal of attention to investigating corporate governance on the continent. However, thus far corporate governance has attracted less attention than any other area of the APRM.
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    ‘Good Citizens’: corporate social responsibility in Africa

    South African Institute of International Affairs, 2014
    Corporate social responsibility (CSR) is a growing consideration for businesses. The Country Review Reports (CRRs) compiled through the African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM) provide a unique lens through which CSR application in Africa can be gauged.
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    The services sector in Africa

    Trade Law Centre for Southern Africa, 2014
    Services are playing an increasingly important role in the modern economy, but while economists and policy makers focus on trade in merchandise goods they tend to spend significantly less time examining the services trade.
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    Barriers to infrastructure service delivery in Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia

    Evidence on Demand, 2014
    In Africa, spending on infrastructure falls $30 to $48 billion short of estimates of the spending needed for sustained inclusive economic growth. This spending shortfall is manifest in poor access to services. For example, about two-thirds of Africans lack access to electricity. A similar proportion lacks access to improved sanitation.
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    Regional cooperation for infrastructure development: towards an institutional framework for investment in the IOR - ARC

    Research and Information System for Developing Countries, 2013
    Infrastructure plays a key role in promoting economic growth and development. Infrastructure is considered as a priority sector for investment in the Indian Ocean Rim Association for Regional Cooperation (IOR-ARC). Due to low domestic savings most of the member states in the region are quite dependent on foreign investment for capital formation.
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    The economic impact of the 2014 Ebola epidemic: short and medium term estimates for West Africa

    World Bank, 2014
    The 2014 outbreak of the Ebola Virus Disease in West Africa has taken a devastating human toll. Although the outbreak originated in rural Guinea, it has hit hardest in Liberia and Sierra Leone, in part because it has reached urban areas in these two countries, a factor that distinguishes this outbreak from previous episodes elsewhere.
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    The urgent need to increase baseload generating capacity in Mindanao

    Philippine Institute for Development Studies, 2012
    The electric power crisis in Mindanao in the summer of 2012 and the subsequent precariously low power reserves primarily resulted from insufficient baseload generating capacity in the region.

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