Strengthening Evidence Based Policy - Rising Powers in International Development: Recent submissions
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Indian Development Cooperation: the State of the Debate
(IDS, 2014-09)India’s recent development cooperation (henceforth DC) activities with the South have provoked global curiosity. Two factors shape this interest. First, the strong growth of some countries like India, China and Brazil has ... -
Senior International Associate Report (Ambuj Sagar): Meeting Multiple Energy Challenges: Lessons from India
(IDS, 2014-08)The Rising Powers in International Development (RPID) programme includes a provision for drawing on the experience of senior policymakers and policy advisers. This ‘Senior International Associates’ scheme is an effective ... -
Rising Powers in International Development: the State of the Debate in South Africa
(IDS, 2014-08)South Africa occupies an interesting position in the international development debate. On the one hand, as Africa’s most developed, diversified and, until recently, largest economy representing close to one-third of ... -
The Russian Federation’s International Development Assistance Programme: A State of the Debate Report
(IDS, 2014-08)Russia is unique among emerging donors for being a ‘re-emerging’ donor: the Soviet Union was one of the largest donor countries in the world, and Russia’s period as an aid recipient was relatively brief. Russian development ... -
Learning from India's Development Cooperation
(IDS, 2014-07)In recent years, India has substantially increased the levels of its development cooperation. It has streamlined its development cooperation activities and put the principles of South-South Cooperation, including respect ... -
Five Fingers or One Hand? The BRICS in Development Cooperation
(IDS, 2014-06)The BRICS countries (Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa) are increasingly prominent in development cooperation activities in low-income countries in Africa and worldwide, presenting a potential alternative to ... -
Building Mutual Understanding for Effective Development
(IDS, 2014-06)In recent years a number of countries, referred to collectively as the rising powers, have achieved rapid economic growth and increased political influence. In many cases their experience challenges received wisdom on ... -
Brazil's Engagement in International Development Cooperation: The State of the Debate
(IDS, 2014-05)The international development cooperation architecture has changed dramatically over the last decade. The global context, characterised by a lingering financial crisis and the emergence of new powers, has brought South–South ... -
Understanding South Africa’s Role in Achieving Regional and Global Development Progress
(IDS, 2014-05)As Africa’s most diversified, developed and (until recently) largest economy, South Africa occupies a unique position in the international development debate. It is an active player in global governance and development ... -
Beyond the New Deal: Global Collaboration and Peacebuilding with BRICS Countries
(IDS, 2014-04)Development in fragile and conflict-affected contexts is both complex and contested. The New Deal for Engagement with Fragile States, endorsed by 35 countries and six organisations, is the current focus of efforts to ... -
Brazil’s International Development Cooperation at a Crossroads
(IDS, 2021-12)The IDS Rising Powers in International Development programme has launched a series of studies of key issues and debates on international development cooperation in BRICS countries, working with leading specialists from ... -
The BRICS and the International Development System: Challenge and Convergence?
(IDS, 2014-03)The sustained growth of rising powers, including the grouping known as the BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) is reshaping global governance arrangements. Annual BRICS summits and inter-ministerial ... -
The BRICS and the International Development System: Challenge and Convergence?
(IDS, 2014-03)The ‘BRICs’ acronym, in its most common usage, derives from a report to investors by Goldman Sachs’ analyst Jim O’Neill, signalling the new dynamic that four large countries; Brazil, Russia, India and China, were bringing ... -
Promoting Greater Cooperation Between Russia and OECD Donors
(IDS, 2014-03)Russia is unique amongst the BRICS group for being a ‘re-emerging’ donor. The USSR was one of the largest donor countries in the world. After a relatively brief period as a net aid recipient during the 1990s, Russia has ... -
Who Shapes Climate Action in India? Insights from the Wind and Solar Energy Sectors
(IDS, 2014-03)The years since the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) was signed in 1992 have been marked by rising concern about the climate problem, given that emissions have continued to rise and atmospheric concentrations ... -
How does the Global Power Shift Affect the Low Carbon Transformation?
(IDS, 2014)Two transformations are likely to dominate the first half of the twenty-first century. One is the shift in economic power from the West (North America and Western Europe) to the East (China and the East Asian production ... -
Does China's Economic Rise Help or Hinder the Development of its Neighbours?
(Institute of Development Studies (ID), 2013-12)With its huge size, vast low-cost labour force, and deep industrial foundation, China has become a major producer of a wide range of manufactured goods that is now moving towards the acquisition of innovation capabilities. ... -
The Economic Engagement Footprint of Rising Powers in Sub-Saharan Africa: An Analysis of Trade, Foreign Direct Investment and Aid Flows
(Institute of Development Studies (IDS), 2013-11)Rising powers such as Brazil, China, India, South Africa, the Gulf states or Turkey have entered the development arena through their expanding relationships with low-income countries (LICs). One region where this engagement ... -
Learning Event on the Rising Powers for DFID Advisors, April-May 2012
(Institute of Development Studies (IDS), 2013-11)The Learning Event brought together colleagues from DFID, IDS, and the BRICS, and aimed to facilitate the sharing and learning of experiences in international development and policy, from and amongst the BRICS, and to set ... -
Rising Powers in International Development: Building an Agenda for Collaboration
(Institute of Development Studies (IDS), 2013-10)The Institute of Development Studies (IDS) launched the IDS BRICS Initiative in 2011, which aimed to examine the multi-faceted role of the BRICS countries – Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa – as actors in ...