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Striving for excellence: mega sporting events and human rights
Institute for Human Rights and Business, 2013From the perspective of human rights, "Mega Sporting Events” (MSEs), bring both opportunities and risks.DocumentSustainable Brazil: social and economic impacts of the 2014 World Cup
Ernst & Young Terco, 2011On October 30, 2007, the FIFA Executive Committee appointed Brazil as host of the 2014 World Cup football tournament.DocumentBuilding BRICs by building stadiums: preliminary reflections on recent and future sports mega-events in four emerging economies
International Research Institute for Sport Studies, UK, 2014Research on sports mega-events throughout the world has demonstrated that the benefits of staging them tend to be overestimated and the costs underestimated.DocumentChallenging development cooperation? A literature review of the approaches of the emerging powers
Research Institute for Work and Society, KU Leuven, 2013Looking at existing literature, this paper discusses the major ways in which the emerging powers, in this isnstance Brazil, India, China and South Africa (the BICS) are challenging the development cooperation policies and practices of the ‘tradition’ development actors. The author highlights ten ways in which the BICS are are challenging development cooperation:DocumentAdding new spices to development cooperation. Brazil, India, China and South Africa in health, agriculture and food security
Research Institute for Work and Society, KU Leuven, 2013In recent years, the four so-called emerging powers or economies - Brazil, India, China and South Africa (the BICS) - have gained considerable academic, policy and media attention for their activities in development cooperation. Some authors argue that these countries employ innovative and alternative approaches to development cooperation than the traditional, i.e. OECD-DAC donors.DocumentTowards a new 'Washington Consensus'? South Africa, the G-20 leaders' summit and the financial crisis
South African Institute of International Affairs, 2008This briefing looks at the build-up to the 2008 G20 summit, the first one convened at Heads of State level. The immediate backdrop to this important initiative is well-known: the financial crisis emanating in the developed world and the USA in particular, and its spread to emerging markets.DocumentIBSA six years on: co-operation in a new global order
South African Institute of International Affairs, 2009Six years after its launch, officials can no longer claim that the India–Brazil–South Africa (IBSA) Forum is still in its infancy. It is time to evaluate results and missed opportunities to provide a balanced assessment.DocumentCan the BRICS co-operate in the G-20? A view from Brazil
South African Institute of International Affairs, 2012The emergence of the Group of Twenty (G-20) has changed the structure of today’s global economic governance substantially, providing a more inclusive and legitimate framework than the Group of Eight (G-8).DocumentThe BRICS Summit 2013: key asks and priorities
Oxfam India, 2013During the last decade, with the rise of emerging economies and their growing interest in Africa, the role of the BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) countries has been widely debated and scrutinised. It is against this backdrop that there has been a real need for the BRICS countries to demonstrate a difference in its approach from the West.DocumentThe dynamic south, economic development and inclusive growth: the challenges ahead
The Brazilian Center for Analysis and Planning, 2013High wage inequality is a major policy concern in Brazil, India, China and South Africa. Recent literature points to the need to examine the role of minimum wages or unionisation and their links to inequality within labour markets and the role of social protection.Pages