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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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    China's engagement in Africa: responding to growing tensions and contradictions

    BRICS Policy Center / Centro de Estudos e Pesquisas BRICS, 2013
    China’s involvement in Africa goes back more than fifty years. However, over the past decade or so its presence on the continent has been growing at a remarkable rate. Since 2000, China-Africa trade has increased twenty-fold, and Chinese direct investment in Africa more than thirty-fold.
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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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    The development implications of the fracking revolution

    Overseas Development Institute, 2014
    A larger number of countries are exposed to a potential trade shock emerging from a change in US oil imports including Angola, Congo, and Nigeria. An increase in fracking in China with the same size in the trade shock would double the effect. The total estimated effects from a reduction in US oil imports from African countries amount to US$32 billion.
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    Nationalism with Chinese characteristics: how does it affect the competitiveness of South Africa’s mining industry?

    South African Institute of International Affairs, 2014
    South Africa possesses the most valuable in situ mineral reserves in the world (valued at $2.5 trillion). Any reasonable forecast would suggest that such wealth should drive rapid economic growth. Instead, the International Monetary Fund has lowered its South African growth forecast to 2.8% for 2014.
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    Innovative Asia: advancing the knowledge-based economy - highlights of the forthcoming ADB study

    Asian Development Bank, 2014
    This paper provides highlights from an Asian Development Bank (ADB) study titled “Asia’s Knowledge Economies: Next Policy Agenda.” A suite of reports will be completed shortly under this study: a flagship report on knowledge-based economies in Asia; four country reports on the People’s Republic of China, India, Indonesia, and Kazakhstan; and a report on creative producti
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    ‘Oil for Housing’: Chinesebuilt new towns in Angola

    South African Institute of International Affairs, 2014
    China has gained a foothold in the African construction sector through the provision of ‘resources for infrastructure’ loans. The dominance of Chinese companies is particularly evident in mega projects such as railways, major transportation arteries, public buildings, etc.
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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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    Should China join the WTO’s Services Agreement

    U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission, 2014
    The Chinese Governmant announced in October 2013, after the Trade in Services Agreement's (TISA) third negotiating round, that it had petitioned to join the services talks. Since then, the United States has debated with the other parties on whether to accede to China’s request. Key points highlighted by this brief:

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