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  The South South North Capacity Building Module on Poverty Reduction

  South South North, 2006

  The South South North network adopts a pragmatic approach to tackling climate change and sustainable development. This module incorporates the main approaches and provides a toolkit for practitioners wishing to implement mitigation and/or adaptation in communities in developing countries.
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  Official aid giving no longer a Northern phenomenon

  id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2006

  More donor governments are engaging in humanitarian action. In 1994, 16 states provided assistance to the war-torn Balkans, but a decade later 92 nations responded to the Indian Ocean tsunami. However, many of the new players chose to not follow the usual disbursement patterns of Western donors.  What are the consequences for aid coordination?
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  Reinventing UNCTAD

  South Centre, 2006

  This paper examines the development of UNCTAD since its inception in 1964, and proposes possible steps for reform. The paper looks at UNCTAD’s mandate, its achievements and its decline.
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  Asian perspectives on climate regime beyond 2012: concerns, interests and priorities

  Institute for Global Environmental Strategies, Japan, 2005

  This publication details a series of stakeholder consultations focussing on the post-Kyoto climate regime in China, India, Indonesia, Japan, the Republic of Korea and Viet Nam, as well as the broader Asia-Pacific Region. The aim of these surveys was to ascertain the concerns and priorities of various countries in relation to a future climate regime.
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  Africa's first welfare state: the experience of South African firms doing business in Botswana

  South African Institute of International Affairs, 2005

  This executive summary presents the experience of South African businesses operating in Botswana. The purpose of the study was to identify some of the pitfalls associated with doing business in a country such as Botswana, while also giving credit to some of the success stories. Findings include:
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  China-Latin America: solidifying south-south cooperation

  South Centre, 2004

  As part of the South Bulletin, this article offers excerpts of a speech given by China's President President Hu Jintao during a recent visit to Latin America.
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  Regionalism and South-South cooperation: the case of Mercosur and India

  United Nations [UN] Conference on Trade and Development, 2004

  This paper provides background information and analysis to aid discussions at the pre-United Nation Conference on Trade and Development Forum on Regionalism and South-South Cooperation: the case of Mercosur and India.
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  Making science and technology work for the poor and for sustainable development in Africa

  UN Economic Commission for Africa, 2003

  This report argues that Sub-Saharan African (SSA) countries that have not sufficiently addressed the acquisition of scientific and technological knowledge must redouble their efforts with a strategy that begins with the popularisation of science and its application to development.
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  Report of the South-South dialogue on defence transformation

  SSRonline, 2003

  This report summarises the findings and experiences of a conference that took place in Accra, Ghana, between the 27th and the 30th of May 2003. The objective of the conference was to promote the debate about defense transformation in the context of Ghana, inject local content and transparency, and enhance Ghana’s ability to gain ownership of the process.
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  South-South collaboration picks up steam

  SciDev.Net, 2003

  Nations such as Brazil, India, South Africa and China are increasingly acknowledging that they share not only common social and economic challenges, but also common goals in international trade negotiations.

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