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    Connecting the global to the local: reflections on CSW 59 and the work of collective actors to address structural violence in South Africa

    T Shahrokh, E Mills / Institute of Development Studies UK, 2015
    This report from Thea Shahrokh and Elizabeth Mills of the Institute for Development Studies reflects on the 59th session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW59), and ties it to the work of collective actors addressing structural violence in South Africa.
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    The prospects and politics of social protection reform in Zambia

    M.K. Kuss / Institute of Development Studies UK, 2015
    In Zambia, the general election in 2011 produced a major political change when the Movement for Multiparty Democracy (MMD), which had been in office for two decades, was defeated by the Patriotic Front (PF). The PF promised Zambians ‘pro-poor change’ as well as ‘more jobs, lower taxes, and more money in the pocket’.
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    National Development Banks in the BRICS: Lessons for the Post-2015 Development Finance Framework

    S. Spratt, B. Barone / Institute of Development Studies UK, 2015
    In 2015, the framework to succeed the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) will be agreed. As described in the outcome document of the United Nations (UN) Rio+20 conference, The Future We Want, the mobilisation and effective use of stable, sufficient and suitable development finance must be a crucial part of this framework.
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    Rising powers in international development: the state of the debate in South Africa

    N. Grobbelaar / Institute of Development Studies UK, 2014
    South Africa occupies an interesting position in the international development debate.
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    China’s engagement in international development cooperation: the state of the debate

    Y. Zhang, J. Gu, Y. Chen / Institute of Development Studies UK, 2015
    This Evidence report aims to investigate the recent evolution of China’s discourse on development and aid. More precisely, how do China’s policymakers and influential scholars understand and debate China’s role in the field of international development aid, specifically in the context of China as a ‘rising power’?
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    Where next for social protection?

    S. Devereux, K. Roelen, M. Ulrichs / Institute of Development Studies UK, 2015
    The rapid ascendancy of social protection up the development policy agenda in the past ten to 15 years raises questions about whether its current prominence will be sustained, or whether it will turn out to be just another development fad that declines and ultimately disappears.
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    Sustainable Development Goals must consider security, justice and inequality to achieve social justice

    J. Allouche / Institute of Development Studies UK, 2015
    Security and social justice have a crucial role to play in the newly proposed Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The goals, which aim to establish a safe, sustainable and just society for all, require a truly transformative approach, one that places inclusivity, safety, equity and justice at the centre of a global pursuit for sustainable development.
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    Understanding the Rising Powers' contribution to the Sustainable Development Goals

    J. Constantine, M. Pontual / Institute of Development Studies UK, 2015
    Rising powers such as Brazil, India and China have been criticised for being obstructive in the negotiations on the post-2015 development agenda. The start of the United Nations (UN) negotiations saw high expectations for the role of these countries in shaping the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). This leadership has not materialised.
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    Ebola and lessons for development

    Institute of Development Studies UK, 2015
    As the Ebola crisis continues to unfold across West Africa and the international community belatedly responds, broader questions arise beyond the immediate challenges on the ground. These fundamentally challenge our understanding of ‘development’ as framed and practised in past decades.
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    Global governance and the limits of health security

    Institute of Development Studies UK, 2015
    The Ebola outbreak in West Africa has exposed the limits of the current approach to the global governance of infectious diseases, which mixes public health and security interests. International efforts to strengthen ‘health security’ quickly faltered when confronted with weak national health systems.

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