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    Is there a new Brazilian model of development? Main findings from the IRIBA research programme

    International Research Initiative on Brazil and Africa, 2014
    It has been suggested that Brazil’s unexpected successes in the last two decades are the outcome of a new model of development, with strong inclusive growth at its core.
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    Research briefing: what can African countries learn from Brazil’s inclusive growth and development?

    International Research Initiative on Brazil and Africa, 2014
    Until the mid-2000s, credit in Brazil was characterised by: volatility; high costs; high concentrations in the banking industry, with the significant participation of state-owned institutions; segmentation, with large quasi-fiscal funds earmarking credit for investments.  Today, the Brazilian financial market is very different from the early 2000s, and, as this paper argues, may offer less
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    Restructuring Brazil’s national financial system

    International Research Initiative on Brazil and Africa, 2014
    This paper examines the main institutional reforms that had a major impact in terms of building a robust (but not flawless) domestic financial system in Brazil after 1994, when the high inflation period came to an end. Its aim is to identify the most important policy measures that were taken as well as the economic and political motivations that supported the decision-making process.
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    End market analysis for meat / live animals, leather and leather products, dairy products value chains: expanding livestock markets for the small-holder producers

    Agricultural Growth Program, 2013
    Ethiopians have been engaged in livestock production and trade for centuries and much of the business of livestock production is not that much different today than what it has been over the years.
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    BRICS, mega-regional FTAs and South Africa’s trade strategy

    South African Institute of International Affairs, 2014
    Global trade strategy does not seem to be an overriding imperative motivating the Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa (BRICS) grouping. More attention is paid to issues of local currency internationalisation interacting with accessing natural resource
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    What you need to know about the 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil

    2014
    Produced by the Secretariat for Social Communication (SECOM) of the Office of the Presidency of Brazil, this document offers a brief overiew of the current and expected benefits that Brazil will receive from hosting the 2014 Football World Cup.
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    The development implications of the fracking revolution

    Overseas Development Institute, 2014
    A larger number of countries are exposed to a potential trade shock emerging from a change in US oil imports including Angola, Congo, and Nigeria. An increase in fracking in China with the same size in the trade shock would double the effect. The total estimated effects from a reduction in US oil imports from African countries amount to US$32 billion.
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    Connecting Brazil to the world: a path to inclusive growth

    McKinsey Global Institute, 2014
    As Brazil steps into the international spotlight as host of the 2014 World Cup and the 2016 Olympics, it is also celebrating a quarter century of democracy and political stability. The nation’s official poverty rate has been cut by half since 2003.
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    Using Information and Communication Technology to spport women's entrepreneurship in Central and West Asia

    Asian Development Bank, 2014
    For micro and small enterprises, the use of ICT has led not only to better business performance but also better living conditions. It can also be particularly effective in loosening constraints on women in enterprise development. However, women lag behind men in access to technology and use ICT differently. Understanding why can help leverage ICT to help women’s businesses.
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    Platinum & passes: the impact of mining investments on education outcomes in South Africa

    South African Institute of International Affairs, 2014
    Platinum mining is a major engine of South Africa’s economy, producing exports and generating employment for many South Africans. It is, however, highly dependent on skilled labour, engineers and technicians, who are drawn from the limited pool of graduates emerging from the weak South African schooling system. Public-private partnerships have been established to address this gap.

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