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31 May 2016
Published by: IDS
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 crisis-driven creation of the G20 Leaders forum put the evolution of such a new global governance system on fast forward.
23 May 2016
Published by: IDS
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 already investing in energy infrastructure in Africa.
16 May 2016
Published by: Institute of Development Studies
In the face of the adverse condition of overpopulation, limited resources and technological backwardness shared by the
developing...
16 May 2016
Published by: Institute of Development Studies
Economic development in the People's Republic of China has been predicated on the basis of "technological dualism": the use of both...
16 May 2016
Published by: Institute of Development Studies
The most discouraging aspect of any attempt to examine the economic development of China is the lack of any long-term series of basic...
13 May 2016
Published by: Institute of Development Studies
One of China's great successes during the period of the command economy was to provide a large majority of its population with access to...
13 May 2016
Published by: Institute of Development Studies
A number of the articles in this volume are based on case studies in three counties: Donglan in Guangxi province,' Shibing in Guizhou...
13 May 2016
Published by: Institute of Development Studies
Before 1978, most rural households had low incomes, with a relatively equal distribution at local level. After the economic reforms,...
13 May 2016
Published by: Institute of Development Studies
The aim of this article is to explore the determinants of utilisation of health services in poor rural areas of China. Such a systematic...
13 May 2016
Published by: Institute of Development Studies
This article reports the findings of a questionnaire survey of 43 health workers and a survey of health stations in 27 villages in three...