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    Chinese development co-operation in Africa: the case of Tembisa's Friendship Town

    South African Institute of International Affairs, 2009
    Chinese development co-operation in Africa has invoked both admiration and criticism, much of it based on limited empirical or anecdotal evidence, contributing to conflicting perceptions as to its purpose, means and outcomes.
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    The BRICS in the emerging global economic architecture

    South African Institute of International Affairs, 2012
    For more than 10 years South Africa has been part of a group of countries, invariably including China, India and Brazil, responsible for forming the elements that have the potential of altering the dynamics of several multilateral processes. But South Africa’s inclusion in the BRICS has not been without its controversies.
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    The economic gateway to Africa? geography, strategy and South Africa's regional economic relations

    South African Institute of International Affairs, 2012
    A closer look at economic interaction in sub-Saharan Africa confirms that South Africa interlinks many of its neighbouring countries globally. This paper argues that South Africa's role as an economic gateway primarily depends upon geography, i.e. upon naturally given and man-made structures in geographical space.
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    Goodwill and hard bargains: The DRC, China and India

    South African Institute of International Affairs, 2012
    The economic and political engagement of China and India with the African continent is growing, but the complex dynamics of this engagement, particularly at country-specific level, remain under-researched.
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    Hong Kong - South Africa’s gateway to China

    2012
    South Africa has responded to the rise of East Asia by building new commercial links with the region, especially with China. South Africa has sought to build a strategic partnership with the Asian giant in the hope of securing a key political ally and an economic development partner.
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    Working for development in Southern Africa: bridging the gap between government and business

    South African Institute of International Affairs, 2011
    Since 1994 Southern Africa in particular has witnessed an expansion of South African corporate activity.
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    Services trade liberalisation and the role of the services sector in South African development

    South African Institute of International Affairs, 2011
    South Africa’s 2010 Trade Policy and Strategy Framework (TPSF) document envisages a ‘strategic tariff policy’ in line with government’s major development objectives, key among which are employment creation and industrial development and restructuring.
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    Southern and Eastern Africa, the Doha agenda and aid for trade

    South African Institute of International Affairs, 2008
    For many years, the link between trade and development has been recognised in a number of different contexts, including the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) and the World Trade Organisation (WTO), as well as in some bilateral co-operation agreements such as that between the European Union (EU) and African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) countries. The exact nature of
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    South Africa as Africa’s gateway: a perspective from business

    South African Institute of International Affairs, 2012
    Recently, investors from emerging markets have joined companies from developed countries in establishing offices in South Africa with a
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    The BRICS fallacy

    Center for Strategic and International Studies, 2013
    Focus on the BRICS began in 2001. Back then, the group only included Brazil, Russia, India, and China (South Africa was added in 2010). It all started with a November 2001 Goldman Sachs research paper titled ‘‘Building Better Global Economic BRICs,’’ written by Jim O’Neill.

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