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    Party identification in South Africa: profiles for the ANC and the DA

    Afrobarometer, 2012
    This brief provides some profile information on the supporters of the major South African parties: the African National Congress (ANC) and the Democratic Alliance (DA); and in order to provide accurate picture, it approaches each of them separately, utilising Afrobarometer survey data.
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    Citizens perception on migration in South Africa

    Afrobarometer, 2013
    This briefing paper presents insights into how South Africans feel about migrants, the extent to which they might resist the entrance of migrants into their work and living spaces, and the extent to which they welcome migrants as potential new citizens.
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    The courts: lights that guide our foreign affairs?

    South African Institute of International Affairs, 2014
    South Africa’s constitutional democracy reserves a specific role for the judiciary in upholding human rights. This responsibility inevitably has an impact on the formulation and conduct of South Africa’s foreign policy.
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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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    Nuanced balancing act: South Africa's national and international interests and its 'African Agenda'

    South African Institute of International Affairs, 2012
    In supporting inter alia the African Union (AU), the Southern African Development Community (SADC), the African Peer Review Mechanism and the New Partnership for Africa’s Development, the South African government seeks to work towards sustainable socio-economic development in Africa and to achieve political regional integration over
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    Understanding India’s global engagements: some key issues and entry points for an inclusive development agenda

    Oxfam India, 2011
    India’s international position is one of increasing influence and assertiveness, but is also shaped by powerful constrains. Civil society in India faces opportunities and constraints of a particular and complex nature.
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    Launch of the Civil20, Moscow, Russia

    South African Foreign Policy Initiative, 2013
    After many years of lobbying by international civil society for a formal civil society process and space at the G20, the Civil20 was launched under the G20 Presidency of Russia, and a meeting of the Civil20 was held in Moscow, Russia in June 2013. This policy brief from SAFPI looks at the purpose behind Civil20, and  gives an overview of the meeting.
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    Civil society - BRICS engagement: opportunities and challenges

    Society for Participatory Research in Asia, 2013
    The nature, scale and strength of civil society across the five BRICS countries vary greatly. While civil society is reasonably strong and visible in Brazil, India and South Africa, its nature and pattern is
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    Rising Powers in International Development: an annotated bibliography

    Institute of Development Studies UK, 2013
    The 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.

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