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Traditional and emerging partners’ role in African regional economic integration: issues and recommendations
South African Institute of International Affairs, 2013Regional integration in Africa is still an active agenda item for African nations and pan-African institutions such as the African Union. Regional integration is motivated by the need for larger markets in order to grow trade and investment.DocumentThe economic engagement footprint of rising powers in sub-Saharan Africa: an analysis of trade, foreign direct investment and aid flows
Institute of Development Studies UK, 2013Rising powers such as Brazil, China, India, South Africa, the Gulf states or Turkey have entered the development arena through their expanding relationships with low-income countries (LICs) . A widespread perception is that these countries are establishing new forms of engagement, mainly under a South–South cooperation framework.DocumentImproving environmental management of extractives through Environmental Impact Assessments
Evidence and Lessons from Latin America, 2013How have Latin American countries been using Environmental Impact Assessments in order to build more sustainable extractive industries? A focus on Peru provides some interesting lessons.DocumentFrom supply- to demand-led: labour training in Latin America
Evidence and Lessons from Latin America, 2013Latin America’s approach to labour training programmes changed dramatically in the 1990s, shifting from a supply-driven to a demand-driven model. Many of these programmes have been rigorously evaluated, yielding useful lessons for other regions.DocumentGovernment intervention to strengthen the ethanol sector: lessons from Brazil
Evidence and Lessons from Latin America, 2013The scale of Brazil’s ethanol production, demand and competitiveness is largely attributable to government initiatives. The varying levels of success of such initiatives can provide interesting lessons for other countries.DocumentWhat next for the BRICS Bank?
Institute of Development Studies UK, 2013A new development bank to be created by the ‘Rising Powers’ of Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa (BRICS) is intended to promote greater cooperation between developing countries, and address what is seen by many as a history of misguidance and underinvestment by the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund (IMF).DocumentFDI from BRICs to LICs: Emerging Growth Driver?
International Monetary Fund, 2011Despite the rapid increase in FDI flows to LICs, there have been relatively few studies that have specifically examined these flows. The paper looks at BRIC FDI to LICs with a special focus on Chinese FDI to sub-Saharan African (SSA) countries, and aims to broadly assess its macroeconomic impact using case studies.DocumentRising Powers in International Development: an annotated bibliography
Institute of Development Studies UK, 2013The Rising Powers – a category that includes the BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) as well as other key countries such as Mexico, Turkey and Indonesia – are establishing themselves as an influential presence in the global development landscape, and playing an increasingly important role in shaping prospects for poverty reduction in lowincome countries.DocumentTax treatment of carbon credit operations in Brazilian companies with CDM projects
Revista de Educação e Pesquisa em Contabilidade, 2012This study examines 'what taxation form is applied to carbon credit operations in Brazil in companies that are developing projects in the context of the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM)'. The exploratory research applies a qualitative approach to answer this question.DocumentImproving the assessment of disaster risks to strengthen financial resilience: a special joint G20 publication by the Government of Mexico and the World Bank
World Bank, 2012This publication by the Government of Mexico and the World Bank brings together the experiences of G20 countries in protecting their populations and assets against natural hazards. It includes contributions by G20 members and invited countries, as well as the OECD.Pages