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    China and Zimbabwe: the context and contents of a complex relationship

    South African Institute of International Affairs, 2014
    China’s extensive relations with African countries continue to attract interest and concern, especially as the category of those expressing disquiet about the possibility of this being another kind of colonialism now seems to be growing beyond the usual Western critics to include critical opinion leaders in key African countries.
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    Building an African corporate governance

    South African Institute of International Affairs, 2014
    Developing a suitable system of corporate governance is an important priority for Africa. Corporate governance is underdeveloped on the continent – outside particular pockets – but the emerging system
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    Will rising democracies adopt pro-human rights foreign policies?

    South African Institute of International Affairs, 2014
    As democratisation unfolded in countries such as Brazil, India, Indonesia and South Africa, it was hoped that these states would find common ground with more established democracies. While emerging and established democracies have collaborated in responding to grave human rights abuses in Myanmar, North Korea and Libya, among others, serious cleavages remain.
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    Global health in foreign policy - and foreign policy in health? Evidence from the BRICS

    Health Policy and Planning, 2014
    Amidst the growing literature on global health, much has been written recently about the Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa (BRICS) countries and their involvement and potential impact in global health, particularly in relation to development assistance.
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    Urban LandMark review 2007/2008

    Urban LandMark, 2008
    The goal of “Urban Landmark” programme, which was set up in 2006, is to shift policies and practice in South Africa towards improving poorer people’s access to well-located urban land, by making markets and land governance work better. The current report reflects Urban Landmark achievements in its first year.
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    2008-2010 Urban Landmark annual report

    Urban LandMark, 2010
    Urban Landmark initiative is based in South Africa and works to find remedies to the problems that have made urban land markets dysfunctional, and hence land unaffordable. This report reviews Urban Landmark’s activities for the period 2008 to 2010.
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    Voice of developers and municipalities: creating more inclusive cities through co-operation

    Urban LandMark, 2010
    A key challenge facing post-apartheid urban spatial form in South Africa is building inclusive and equitable cities that provide the poor greater access to well-located residential and commercial land. This paper provides an in-depth understanding of how urban land development works practically in South Africa, and the interaction between developers and municipalities.  
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    Improving access to the city through value capture: an overview of capturing and allocating value created through the development of transport infrastructure in South Africa

    Urban LandMark, 2012
    Cities attribute much of their economic expansion to the development of transit systems that link people efficiently to jobs. However, many of South Africa's cities lack modern mass transit systems for transporting commuters, who have to rely on increasingly congested roads.
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    Trading places: accessing land in African cities

    Urban LandMark, 2013
    The developing world is urbanising fast, and new systems of urban land ownership, transfer and governance are emerging. This book tries to explain how these systems work and how they interface with wider markets and with existing land governance regimes, focusing particularly on Africa. 
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    South Africa’s regional policy: the link between normative anchors and economic diplomacy in SADC

    South African Institute of International Affairs, 2014
    South Africa’s foreign policy identity is grounded in the values of good governance, democracy and human rights, as a consequence of its own transition to democratic rule in 1994. However, the past two decades have witnessed lacunae in the manner in which these values have been articulated in its economic diplomacy in Southern Africa.

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