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Another BRIC in the wall? South Africa's developmental impact and contradictory rise in Africa and beyond
2012Globalisation is transforming the nature of authority in international relations, as hegemony is replaced by geo-governance, involving a more varied set of actors. However, private authority over markets and resources is still often constituted and refracted through states.DocumentRadioactive Revenues: Financial Flows between Uranium Mining Companies and African Governments
Centre for Research on Multinational Corporations, 2011For African countries, the revenue derived from the uranium mining operations of multinational corporations is despite the high price of uranium minimal, uncertain and volatile. The financial agreements that these countries make with the uranium producers regarding their share in the profits are the primary reason for this state of affairs.DocumentState of the nation: South Africa 2007
Human Sciences Research Council, South Africa, 2007Assembling academics, journalists, researchers and analysts, the State of the Nation: South Africa 2007 volume offers 23 diverse angles on contemporary South Africa in one comprehensive publication.DocumentEngaging neoliberal conservation
Conservation and Society, 2008The growing body of work on the 'neoliberalisation of nature' has paid little attention to conservation policy and its impacts. Similarly, studies of conservation have generally overlooked the broader context of neoliberalism. This latest edition of Conservation and Society journal explores what can be gained by seeing conservation through a neoliberal lense.DocumentAfrica’s success: evaluating accomplishments
John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, 2007This paper evaluates the seven presumed African success stories: Botswana, South Africa, Zambia, Ghana, Tanzania, Mozambique and Uganda. It gives a detailed analysis of the economic, political, governance and human development scenarios in each country, and identifies the emerging challenges.Document“Keep your head down”: unprotected migrants in South Africa
Human Rights Watch, 2007This report documents the human rights abuses encountered by migrant workers in South Africa.DocumentThe quality of migration services delivery in South Africa
Southern African Migration Project, 2005In response to critiques against the The South African Department of Home Affairs (DHA) for administrative inefficiency, poor service delivery and corruption, the Southern African Migration Project (SAMP) proposed the Service Quality Survey (SQS project).DocumentHas financial liberalisation brought economic growth for southern Africa?
id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2005Most countries belonging to the Southern African Development Community have a history of repressive financial organisation, involving distorting financial markets by fixing interest rates below market levels and controlling the distribution of credit. Since the early 1990s these countries have gradually liberalised their financial systems.DocumentSouth Africa and global apartheid: continental and international policies and politics
Nordic Africa Institute / Nordiska Afrikainstitutet, Uppsala, 2003This paper analyses the phenomenon of "global apartheid", an international system of minority rule whose attributes include differential access to basic human rights, wealth and power, from an African and South African perspective, and discusses possible alternative measures to fight against it.The paper argues that the main causes of "global apartheid" can be found in the right-wing neoliberalDocumentEconomic Report on Africa 2002: tracking performance and progress
UN Economic Commission for Africa, 2002How did Africa’s economy perform in the global economic downturn of 2001?