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India, Brazil, South Africa and China: Is the South Big Enough?

Global trade is dominated by developed economies (the global ‘North’) and the majority of operational trade agreements involving...

Economic Growth, Social Protection and ‘Real’ Labour Markets

Published by: IDS

The working poor contribute to, and benefit from, economic growth through labour markets and paid work, but employment generation has not featured significantly in the macroeconomic agenda.

Through no Fault of Your Own’: Asbestos Diseases in South Africa and the UK

Published by: IDS

This paper explores people's experience of asbestos-related diseases in relation to medicine, identity and gender. The paper adopts a comparative approach, examining the experiences of impoverished former asbestos mine workers in South Africa and working class factory workers and laggers in the United Kingdom (UK).

Swimming in Confusion: A Qualitative Study of Factors Affecting Uptake and Adherence to Antiretroviral Treatment in South Africa

Published by: Centre for Social Science Research

In 2007, less than one-third of all HIV-positive South Africans in need of lifeextending highly-active antiretroviral treatment (HAART) are accessing it through the public health system. This ‘treatment gap’ poses a significant challenge to health practitioners and researchers given the complex factors that influence the provision (supply) and uptake (demand) of this public health intervention.

Biotechnology and Biodiversity Debates and Policies in Africa

This paper characterises debates, considers policy and discusses the rationale for proactive GM technology policy (as in South Africa) and precautionary ones (such as in Ethiopia).

Foot-and-mouth disease and market access: challenges for the beef industry in southern Africa

Published by: STEPS Centre

Transboundary animal disease and market access: future options for the beef industry in southern Africa

Market access for livestock commodities: foot-and-mouth disease as a key constraint to market access – Republic of South Africa

Published by: IDS

South Africa: Market access for livestock commodities: foot-and-mouth disease as a key constraint to market access – Republic of South Africa

Klaar Gesnap as Kleurling: The Attempted Making and Remaking of the Griqua People

When Social Movements Bypass the Poor: Asbestos Pollution, International Litigation and Griqua Cultural Identity

This article examines citizen mobilisation and activism in relation to asbestos disease and litigation.