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  Emerging economies and the changing dynamics of development cooperation

  Institute of Development Studies UK, 2018

  Almost two decades have passed since ‘emerging donors’– new providers of development cooperation – began to attract the attention of ‘traditional donors'. Comprehensive comparisons of the various features of different types of donors have thus been elaborated on as their economic and political roles have solidified.
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  South Africa’s local content policies: challenges and lessons to consider

  Trade and Industrial Policy Strategies, South Africa, 2017

  South Africa’s Industrial Policy Action Plan (IPAP) identifies local content as a strategic industrial policy instrument to leverage the power of public procurement; reduce the country’s trade deficit; address market failures; foster infant industries; and increase the
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  South African banks footprint in SADC mining projects: environmental, social and governance principles

  Southern African Resource Watch, 2017
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  Russian BRICS Presidency: models of engagement with international institutions

  International Organisations Research Journal, 2016

  Six years after the first summit in 2009 in Yekaterinburg, the BRICS grouping of Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa has established its identity as an informal global governance forum.
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  Illicit financial flows estimating trade mispricing and trade-based money laundering for five African countries

  Global Economic Governance Africa, 2016

  Illicit financial flows (IFFs) are garnered through the proceeds of illicit trade, trade mispricing, transfer pricing and other forms of organised profit-motivated crime.
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  Foreign investment promotion and domestic protection: a balancing act

  South African Institute of International Affairs, 2016

  South Africa has experienced sluggish economic growth over the last four years. Real gross domestic product (GDP) growth has fallen steadily since 2011, and was down to 1.4% in 2015 and was predicted to drop by another 0.1% in 2016.
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  The BRICS initiatives towards a new financial architecture: an assessment with some proposals

  Research and Information System for Developing Countries, 2016

  It is heartening, the author of this paper argues, to observe that developing countries, led by China and other BRICS members have been successful to organise alternative sources of credit flows . aiming for financial stability, growth and development.
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  Deepening trade and investment relations post-AGOA: three options for South Africa

  South African Institute of International Affairs, 2016

  As the US and Africa look to engage at the 2016 annual African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) Forum under the theme of ‘Maximizing AGOA Now While Preparing for the Future beyond AGOA’, two pertinent issues come to the fore: leveraging AGOA until this programme of trade benefits expires in 2025, and considering the nature of trade relations post-AGOA.
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  Macroeconomic policy in times of slow growth and crisis

  Trade and Industrial Policy Strategies, South Africa, 2016

  South Africa faces a series of macroeconomic challenges in the coming months that will strain its ability to address its most pressing need – more jobs. The macroeconomic policy approach taken in the recent time period largely adheres to mainstream tenets, emphasising low inflation and fiscal restraint.
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  Economics, governance and instability in South Africa

  Institute for Security Studies, 2016

  FORTY YEARS AGO a combination of frustration against local government, the enforcement of Afrikaans  language policy, trade-union activism and the politicising impact of the black consciousness movement culminated in the Soweto uprising of 16 June 1976.

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