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    Building mutual understanding for effective development

    Institute of Development Studies UK, 2014
    In recent years a number of countries, referred to collectively as the rising powers, have achieved rapid economic growth and increased political influence. In many cases their experience challenges received wisdom on inclusive development. Research funded by traditional development donors has tended to focus on their own aid recipients.
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    BRICS-cities and the issue of social mobility: attraction of capital and the right to the city

    BRICS Policy Center / Centro de Estudos e Pesquisas BRICS, 2014
    The consolidation of a group of countries, like the BRICS nations, as strong global players demonstrates to the whole world that mobility is a real possibility in the international arena. What the BRICS grouping does not make clear, however, is whether this mobility will result in profound systemic changes towards a more equal and democratic world.
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    Will the BRICS provide the global public goods the world needs?

    Overseas Development Institute, 2014
    The demand for global economic governance is increasing in a globalising and increasingly interlinked economy. Yet global governance, a global public good, is currently undersupplied – and this (e.g. lack of global rules on trade, finance and emissions) is harming development.
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    BRICS in the World Trade Organization: comparative trade policies - Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa

    South African Institute of International Affairs, 2014
    In the light of the great uncertainties surrounding the current global political and economic situation, the role of emerging countries has been the focus of growing academic interest.
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    South-south technology transfer: criteria for evaluation of public policies in the BRICS countries

    BRICS Policy Center / Centro de Estudos e Pesquisas BRICS, 2013
    This Policy Brief reviews the existing literature concerned with analytical and conceptual models to evaluate technology transfer (TT) practices in cooperation projects, aiming at contributing to the formulation of effective public policies for the technological development in the BRICS countries.
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    Five fingers or one hand? The BRICS in development cooperation

    Institute of Development Studies UK, 2014
    The BRICS countries (Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa) are increasingly prominent in development cooperation activities in low-income countries in Africa and worldwide, presenting a potential alternative to the development aid model of traditional donors.
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    Challenging development cooperation? A literature review of the approaches of the emerging powers

    Research Institute for Work and Society, KU Leuven, 2013
    Looking 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:
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    Brazil, India, China and South Africa in agriculture and food security in Malawi

    Research Institute for Work and Society, KU Leuven, 2014
    This paper describes the involvement of four of the so-called emerging powers - Brazil, India, China and South Africa - in development cooperation activities regarding agriculture and food security in Malawi. The prime focus is on the activities and policies of governmental actors, although also development cooperation initiatives of other development actors are mentioned.
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    Adding 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, 2013
    In 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.
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    The burdens of multilateral engagement and club diplomacy for middle-income countries: the case of South Africa in the Brics and the G-20

    South African Institute of International Affairs, 2012
    South Africa is a member of both the G-20 and the BRICS, which is a significant positioning for the country’s global strategy. This further enhances the country’s weight as Africa’s powerhouse. This membership occurs at a time when global governance is in a sustained state of flux, with no discernible leadership anchorage.

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