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China–UK–Africa Trilateral Cooperation on Trade and Investment: Prospects and Challenges for Partnership for Africa’s Development
(IDS, 2017-01)This study was conducted in the context of the China–UK Cooperation on African Trade and Investment for Poverty Reduction. It focuses on the evolution of bilateral relations between China and the UK towards trilateral ... -
The BRICS in International Development: The New Landscape
(IDS, 2016-04)This Evidence Report provides a summary account of the role of the BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) in shaping the current global development landscape. It first looks at the origin of the BRICS as a ... -
Strengthening International Disaster Risk Reduction through Collaboration with China
(IDS, 2016-11)Natural disasters hit developing countries particularly hard. Worldwide, the incidence and intensity of such disasters remain substantial. There were 6,873 natural disasters worldwide between 1994 and 2013, with 1.35 million ... -
The UN at 70, and the UK. Development Cooperation, Humanitarian Action, and Peace and Security: Lessons from Experience and Policy Recommendations
(IDS, 2016-10)2015 marked the 70th anniversary of the UN, a good moment for reflection about the strengths, weaknesses and priorities for change needed in the world’s most all-embracing international organisation which had already existed ... -
Building Mutual Learning between the Rising Powers
(IDS, 2016-08)This Evidence Report provides a summary account of the Mutual Learning research initiative at the Institute of Development Studies, carried out from 2012 to 2014 as part of the Rising Powers in International Development ... -
Can China’s Bold New Plans Make the Difference in Pakistan?
(IDS, 2016-06)Ever since the 1955 Bandung Conference of Afro-Asian states, China has been active in civil engineering projects around the world, especially in Africa, as a sign of its commitment to the world emerging from colonialism. ... -
A New Era for China’s Renewable Energy Development? External Shocks, Internal Struggles and Policy Changes
(IDS, 2016-06)As the world’s largest greenhouse gas (GHG) polluter, China’s annual emissions accounted for almost 30 per cent of the world’s total emissions in 2014 – more than the United States (15 per cent) and the European Union (10 ... -
Centre for Rising Powers and Global Development: Training Course on International Development and Global Health Strategy
(IDS, 2016-06)The Centre for Rising Powers and Global Development delivers intensive training courses for government officials and development professionals to explore the theories, policies and practices of international development ... -
Understanding the BRICS Evolving Influence and Role in Global Governance and Development
(IDS, 2016-05)The BRICS Summit process was inaugurated in 2009 as a signal that the global governance system of the future would need to be constituted to reflect a politically diverse, multipolar world. At this same moment, the ... -
Rising Powers, Lowering Emissions?
(IDS, 2016-05)The importance of ensuring that African countries can meet their rising energy needs in a low-carbon way that also benefits the poor, is widely accepted. The so-called ‘rising powers’, such as China, Brazil and India are ... -
What Can the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank Learn from Other Development Banks?
(IDS, 2016-04)Global development has reached a critical turning point. In addition to achieving middle-income status, several recipient countries are now also becoming donors and lenders to other developing countries. China in ... -
China as a Development Actor in Southeast Asia
(IDS, 2016-04)This Evidence Report identifies and explains the central factors driving China’s policies towards Southeast Asia. It examines China’s foreign relations through the perspective of foreign policy. In this context, as the ... -
Report of a High-level Roundtable on Rising Powers and Global Development, and Launch of the Centre for Rising Powers and Global Development
(IDS, 2016-03)This high-level roundtable meeting, held on 22 April 2015, was co-hosted by the Institute of Development Studies, the Development Research Center of the State Council of the People’s Republic of China, and the China ... -
Who Drives Climate-relevant Policies in the Rising Powers?
(IDS, 2016-03)The future of human life on our planet is influenced increasingly by what goes on in the rising powers. This report presents a political economy analysis of their policies, comparing China, India, Brazil and South Africa. ... -
The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank: What Can It Learn From, and Perhaps Teach To, the Multilateral Development Banks?
(IDS, 2016-03)A striking phenomenon of recent global economic change is the emergence of new development actors, with alternative development experiences and development financing capacity. These actors are now creating collective ... -
Civil Society from the BRICS: Emerging Roles in the New International Development Landscape
(IDS, 2016-02)There is a burgeoning literature on the (re)emergence of the BRICS countries – Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa – as significant actors in international development. To date, however, most attention has focused ... -
China’s Comprehensive Strategic and Cooperative Partnership with Africa
(IDS, 2016-02)Convened in South Africa in December 2015, the 6th Summit Meeting of the Forum on China–Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) culminated in the Johannesburg Action Plan under the theme ‘China–Africa Progressing Together: ... -
Centre for Rising Powers and Global Development: Learning Events 2015
(IDS, 2016-02)This report provides an overview of the objectives of and discussions held at two learning events held by the IDS Rising Powers in International Development programme/Centre for Rising Powers and Global Development in 2015. -
A Prognosis and Diagnosis for China and the 2016 G20: The Politics of a New Global Economic Geography
(IDS, 2016-02)The early Chinese Communist regime depicted T’ao Ch’ien as a people’s poet, an ascetic recluse who embraced poverty and a peasant’s life. In fact, he rose as high as provincial governor, and his verses about labour, poverty ...
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