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    Evaluating China's FOCAC commitments to Africa and mapping the way ahead

    Centre for Chinese Studies, University of Stellenbosch, 2010
    This report investigates emerging trends, opportunities and challenges in China's engagement with five African countries through the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC), namely Angola, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Mozambique, Tanzania and Uganda.
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    Report on South-South cooperation in Ibero-America 2010

    Secretaría General Iberoamericana, 2010
    There has been no major shift in the trend of international development cooperation in Ibero-America in recent years. This report explores the evolution of South-South cooperation modalities as practiced by Ibero-American countries - in particular horizontal South-South cooperation (bilateral and regional) and triangular cooperation.
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    Marrying new global players with the international aid transparency initiative: the future of aid data governance

    University of Birmingham, 2011
    Development aid forms an important link between rich countries, poor countries and poor people. But there have been serious concerns raised by aid critiques about the quality and accuracy of the global aid data.This paper explores the relationship between established players and new global players as they both grapple with rival definitions of aid quality.
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    DAC (traditional) & non DAC (emerging) donors at the crossroads: the problem of export credits

    University of Birmingham, 2011
    Given the growth in the number of official donors, and especially when non Development Assistance Committee (DAC) donors like China and India are continuously increasing their respective aid financing, it becomes apparent that exclusion of their aid data will prohibit getting a full picture of the future aid architecture.
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    Breaking through on technology: overcoming the barriers to the development and wide deployment of low carbon technology

    Global Climate Network, 2009
    Low carbon technology faces similar transfer and deployment barriers as other forms of new or emerging technology. This study draws on primary research and reviews of national policies in eight countries and suggests that effective development and ‘transfer’ of low carbon technology requires a complex combination of factors that lie both inside and outside of the aegis of the UNFCCC.
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    Competition policy reform in agriculture: a comparison of the BRICs countries

    National Council of Applied Economic Research, India, 2012
    India’s agriculture sector faces ongoing adjustment pressures as it becomes increasingly exposed to international market forces. This paper reports on the progress of an ACIAR funded project ‘Facilitating Efficient Agricultural Markets in India: An Assessment of Competition and Regulatory Reform Requirements’.
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    Agricultural transformation, growth and poverty reduction

    Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, 2010
    This report summarises discussions from the ‘Agriculture, food security and rural development’ conference, held in Bamako, Mali, April 2010. The conference was organised to exchange experiences and promote learning on topics related to promoting growth and reducing poverty.
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    Chinese medical cooperation in Africa: with special emphasis on the medical teams and anti-malaria campaign

    Nordic Africa Institute / Nordiska Afrikainstitutet, Uppsala, 2011
    With the increase in China’s power and the implementation of the ‘going-out’ strategy, China’s policy towards Africa has become a focus of the international community, while for China, South-South cooperation has become more significant. Cooperation in the medical field is a typical element of South-South cooperation and an important part of China’s official development assistance (ODA).
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    Trilateral development cooperation between the European Union, China and Africa: what prospects for South Africa?

    Centre for Chinese Studies, University of Stellenbosch, 2012
    This discussion paper aims at advancing the debate around trilateral development cooperation between the European Union (EU), China and Africa. The discussion on trilateral development cooperation between these three actors considers the role of the EU as a traditional donor and that of China as an emerging donor, while failing to grasp the potential of African actors.
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    The potential role of non-traditional donors’ aid in Africa

    International Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development, 2012
    Increasing South-South cooperation will result in more development assistance for African countries. This paper challenges the perception that non-traditional aid lacks transparency and contains little or any conditionality thereby undermining the development efforts of ‘traditional’ donors.

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