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BRICS and Rising Powers

Globally and politically, the influence of the BRICS countries – Brazil, Russia, India, China, and since 2011, South Africa – is rapidly increasing. They have been engaged in official and non-official development cooperation for decades, but their role as development actors has only recently been acknowledged by the development community.

Sven Torfinn / Panos. Food warehouse storage in Mali. BRICS image.

These rising powers, once predominantly regarded as aid recipient countries, are now becoming more active as donors in their own right, raising important issues for debates on the future of international development cooperation.

IDS work on the BRICS and rising powers includes:

  • The Rising Powers in International Development Programme – one of IDS' flagship programmes, launched in 2012 to understand the role of the BRICS and other regional powers in international development.
  • The IDS BRICS Initiative marked the launch of a partnership between IDS and academics, research institutes and civil society in the BRICS countries to establish a conceptual framework and common methodology to study the emergence of the BRICS.
  • The Development Studies Learning Partnership – working with research and teaching institutions in the BRICS countries to co-construct new thinking and resources for teaching and learning within the discipline of development studies.
  • Brazil and China in Africa – the Future Agricultures Consortium is examining how the rising powers are changing agricultural development in Africa, and the Globalisation team are exploring China's approach to governance, development and state-building in Africa's fragile states.
  • Building Russia's capacity as a donor – IDS is providing teaching and training courses on development aid to Russian academic institutions.
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Academic Partnership in Support of Teaching Development Aid Curriculum in Russia

IDS was commissioned by the World Bank to provide input into the implementation of the 'Russia as a Donor Initiative' (RDI) programme. More details

ARCADE HSSR: African Regional Capacity Development for Health Systems and Services Research

A Consortium led by Karolinska Institutet strengthening research training capacity at Sub Saharan African universities for health systems and services development. Focusing on doctoral and post doctoral training, institutional strengthening for education and research management. More details

Centre for the Future State

The Centre's mission is to harness the ideas and the research skills of applied social science researchers, in both developing and developed countries, to assist policymakers and citizens to find ways of increasing the effectiveness, accountability and responsiveness of public authority in poorer countries, and thus contribute to reducing poverty. More details

Changing Knowledge Divide in the Global Economy

The question driving this project was how was the 'organisational decomposition of the innovation process' (ODIP) changing the global distribution of innovation activities. More details

China Low Carbon Platform

A new knowledge-sharing web platform supporting an international network for low carbon energy and low carbon development in China. More details

China-Africa Development Prospects and Perspectives

The study aimed to generate knowledge on what is the best way that Africa can benefit from China's strong economic engagement with the continent. More details

China's Private Sector Investment and the Investment Climate in Africa

Based on extensive fieldwork interviews in China and Africa, this project examines the role of Chinese private enterprises in Africa. More details

Development Studies Learning Partnership

The Development Studies Learning Partnership under the BRICS Initiative in 2011, enables collaborative learning between traditional and emerging actors in development, be they academics, researchers, practitioners or policy-makers. More details

DFID Country Programme Evaluation - Evaluation of DFID China Programme

An evaluation of DFID's China Country Programme, assessing the country strategy, links to poverty outcomes and DFID's corporate objectives. More details

European Development Co-operation to 2020

Multi-institutional study of the challenges for European development cooperation in the period up to 2020. IDS research will focus on new actors in international development. More details

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Evaluating Social Protection Policies: Lessons from Brazil

 IDS Policy Briefing 34 (2013)
de Sousa, R, P.

How Does the Power Shift from West to East Affect the Transition from High to Low Carbon Economy?

 Paper for Symposium ' Challenges for Europe in a New Age' (2013)
Schmitz, H.

Rising Powers in International Development: An Annotated Bibliography

 (2013)
Younis, M., Constantine, J., Wach, E., Yadav, A., Navas-Alemán, L. and Shankland, A.

China's Impact on the Global Wind Power Industry

 Journal of Current Chinese Affairs 1/2013 (2013)
Lema, R., Berger, A. and Schmitz, H.

Emerging and Submerging Powers: Imagined Geographies in the New Development Partnership at the Busan Fourth High Level Forum

 The Journal of Development Studies 49.4 (2012)
Eyben, R. and Savage, L.

China's Impact on the Global Wind Power Industry

 Discussion Paper 16/2012 (2012)
Lema, R., Berger, A. and Schmitz, H.

PEACH - Methodology

 (2012)
Schmitz, H.

Inter-Firm Linkages and Finance in Value Chains

 IDB Working Paper 349 (2012)
Navas-Alemán, L., Pietrobelli, C., and Kamiya, M.

Competition and Cooperation between Europe and China in the Wind Power Sector

 IDS Working Paper 377 (2011)
Lema, R., Berger, A., Schmitz, H. and Song, H.

Integrating Business and Development Impact

 IDS In Focus Policy Briefing 19 (2011)
Watson, N., Humphrey, J., Wassenhove, L., Van. Stapleton, O. and Carrasco-Gallego, R.

Can China Grow Global Brands?

 IDS Research Summary (2011)
Navas-Aleman, L.

China and the African Oil Sector: Channels of Engagement, Motives, Actors and Impacts

 IDS Working Paper 374 (2011)
Urban, F., Nordensvärd, J., Wang, Y., Khatri, D. and Mohan, C.

The Understanding and Practice of Development in China and the European Union

 IDS Working Paper 372 (2011)
Urban, F., Mohan, G. and Zhang, Y.

China's Private Enterprises in Africa and the Implications for African Development

 European Journal of Development Research, Special Issue on China, India and Africa 21.4 (2009)
Gu, J.

The Global Financial Crisis: Implications for China's South-South Cooperation

 IDS Bulletin 40.5 (2009)
Cook, S. and Gu, J.

European Development Cooperation to 2020: Challenges by New Actors in International Development

 , EDC2020 Working Paper 4 (2009)
Grimm, S., Humphrey, J., Lundsgaarde, E. and John de Sousa, S.-L.

Reducing Carbon Emissions: China's Position

 Climate Lite (2009)
Urban, F.

Will the Global Financial Crisis Change the Development Paradigm?

 IDS In Focus Policy Briefing 7.10 (2009)
McCulloch, N., Schmidt, A. and Sumner, A.

China: Its Impact on the Developing Asian Economies

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Humphrey, J. and Schmitz, H.

China - Growth Engine or Obstacle for Asian Developing Economies?

 Zeitschrift fur Wirtschaftsgeographie 52.1 (2008)
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