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  Emerging powers and the changing global environment: leadership, norms and institutions

  South African Institute of International Affairs, 2011

  The rise of economically influential countries from the developing world is still a relatively new area of research, which is receiving increasing focus from international business actors, foreign policymakers and international relations scholars.
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  Seen, heard and counted: rethinking care in a development context

  Development and Change Journal, 2012

  This is a diverse collection of contributions covering various aspects of care from around the world, from Chinese women’s burdens under economic reform, to the political and social organisation of childcare in Argentina.
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  Another BRIC in the wall? South Africa's developmental impact and contradictory rise in Africa and beyond

  2012

  Globalisation 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.
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  Trilateral development cooperation between the European Union, China and Africa: what prospects for South Africa?

  Centre for Chinese Studies, University of Stellenbosch, 2012

  This discussion paper aims at advancing the debate around trilateral development cooperation between the European Union (EU), China and Africa. The discussion on trilateral development cooperation between these three actors considers the role of the EU as a traditional donor and that of China as an emerging donor, while failing to grasp the potential of African actors.
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  India-east Africa ties: mapping new frontiers

  India-Africa Connect, 2009

  This edition of ‘Africa Quarterly – Indian Journal of African Affairs’ delves into India’s engagement with east Africa in all its myriad dimensions. The contributions to the journal take a critical look at areas and issues that need to be addressed, if the India-Africa relationship is to flourish to its full potential.
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  Rising regional powers and international institutions: the foreign policy orientations of India, Brazil and South Africa

  International Studies Association, 2011

  Whilst rising powers from the South emerge as key players in international politics, they confront a highly institutionalised world order established and maintained by and for the United States and its allies. Traditional perspectives identify three major patterns of behaviour for rising powers in international institutions: balancing, spoiling, and being co-opted.
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  Brazil as a development actor: South-South cooperation and the IBSA initiative

  Fride, 2008

  This report looks at Brazil as a development partner, its external perception as an important and crucial country for regional stability, and projection of its global identity as a ‘voice’ for the developing world in crucial international debates.
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  Radioactive Revenues: Financial Flows between Uranium Mining Companies and African Governments

  Centre for Research on Multinational Corporations, 2011

  For 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.
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  Local governance and ICTs in Africa: Case studies and guidelines for implementation and evaluation

  International Development Research Centre, 2011

  This volume provides information on and analyses of e-governance at the municipal and the local level in Africa, thereby opening up the possibility of further research on how new technologies can be used to change the governance architecture in Africa.
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  Escaping poverty Can policy reach the chronically poor?: id21 insights, issue 46

  id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2003

  The past few years have seen remarkable consensus on and commitment to poverty reduction from governments around the world. This has resulted in the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) which seek to reduce global absolute poverty by 50 per cent by 2015 and to reduce other forms of human deprivation. Articles included:

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