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Searching with a thematic focus on Rising powers in international development, Governance in South Africa

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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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  Implementing the responsibility to protect: new directions for international peace and security?

  Igarape Institute, 2013

  The international peace and security architecture is undergoing a profound renovation in the twenty first century. The Responsibility to Protect (R2P) doctrine is being re-evaluated from political and operational perspectives, while the Responsibility while Protecting (RwP), a Brazilian initiative, can be a new direction for international peace and security.
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  South Africa’s economic statecraft in Southern Africa: non-existent or nascent? An examination of relations with Zimbabwe and Swaziland

  South African Institute of International Affairs, 2014

  South Africa's reaction to crises in Zimbabwe and Swaziland over the past 20 years is a strong indicator of how it tries to marry the competing values inherent in its policy statements. This paper considers the extent to which South Africa utilises its economic statecraft to further a progressive regional agenda.
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  Innovation, solidarity and South-South learning: the role of civil society from middle-income countries in effective development cooperation

  2014

  Civil society organisations (CSOs) from middle-income countries can play multiple strategically important roles in effective development cooperation. Beyond demanding transparency and accountability around the aid that their own countries still receive, they can add signifi cant value to development cooperation provided to other countries.  
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  South-South knowledge sharing for the inclusion of the urban Poor- India-South Africa Praxis

  Civil Society & South-South Co-operation, 2014

  Shack/Slum Dwellers International (SDI) is a social movement of the urban poor which began in India, networked initially in Asia and then moved to South Africa, and to the other parts of Africa.
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  The evolution of organised crime in Africa: towards a new response

  Institute for Security Studies, 2013

  This paper attempts to better understand the drivers behind the growth of organised crime in Africa by examining its evolution over time. The paper notes that in a comparatively short period, Africa has developed a significant and worsening organised crime problem.
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  Highway or byway: the National Development Plan 2030

  Institute for Security Studies, 2013

  South Africa’s National Development Plan (NDP) 2030 is a long-term strategy that serves broad objectives. The current paper reviews this NDP and draws some critical conclusions.
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  South Africa and aid effectiveness: lessons for SADPA as a development partner

  Institute for Security Studies, 2014

  South Africa is coordinating and integrating its aid and development cooperation activities in establishing the South African Development Partnership Agency (SADPA). However, South Africa will need to be aware of the tensions and contradictions that could arise in its positioning as a development partner operating from a South-South perspective.
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  Fracking for shale gas in South Africa: blessing or curse?

  Institute for Security Studies, 2013

  As the first country to reverse a moratorium on hydraulic fracturing – more commonly known as ‘fracking’ – South Africa is now poised to move forward with the controversial process, exploring what experts believe to be the eighth largest shale gas reserve in the world.
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  South African futures 2030: how Bafana Bafana made Mandela Magic

  Institute for Security Studies, 2014

  The impact of the policy and leadership choices that South Africans will make in the years ahead is significant. This paper presents three scenarios for South Africa up to 2030: ‘Bafana Bafana’, ‘A Nation Divided’ and ‘Mandela Magic’.

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