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The BRICS in Africa: Promoting Development?

Funeka Y. April, Modimowabarwa Kanyane, Yul Derek Davids, and Krish Chetty, editors
The BRICS in Africa: Promoting Development?
ISBN: 978-0-7969-2637-1
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2023/437 pages
Distributed for HSRC Press

DESCRIPTION

The BRICS countries—Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa—have become a strong engine of South-South cooperation, contributing to a significant shift in the global balance of power. They also, taken as a whole, constitute Africa's largest trading partner. The authors of this new collection consider the potential of BRICS–Africa cooperation for promoting sustainable African development.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Funeka Y. April is coordinator of the BRICS Research Centre at the Human Science Research Council (HSRC). Modimowabarwa Kanyane is executive dean of the Faculty of Management, Commerce, and Law at the University of Venda. Yul Derek Davids is a research director in HSRC's Developmental, Capable, and Ethical State research division. Krish Chetty is a chief researcher in the Inclusive Economic Development research division at HSRC.

CONTENTS

  • Introduction—Y. April and M. Kanyane.
  • GOVERNANCE IN THE POST-COVID-19 ERA.
  • BRICS Governance and Ethics Architecture: Challenges and Prospects—M. Kanyane.
  • China-Africa Cooperation in the Post-Pandemic Era: Challenges and Way Forward—H. Weping.
  • THE RELEVANCE OF THE BRICS MULTI-DEVELOPMENT BANK FUNDING AND INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT.
  • The BRICS Development Bank: A Development Finance Model Conducive to the Strengthening of South-South Cooperation—R. Ridolfi.
  • The BRICS, the New Development Bank, and African Development—I. Khambule.
  • Strengthening the BRICS Financial Cooperation Mechanism: Promoting Pragmatic Development—L. Yijun.
  • Analyzing the BRICS Development Bank Response to Covid-19—B. Kanyane and N. Ngqwala.
  • THE BRICS AND TECHNOLOGY IN AFRICA.
  • The Future of Work in South Africa—K. Chetty.
  • Financing Renewable Energy Technologies in BRICS—K. Pillay et al.
  • Promoting Financial Technology Partnerships in the BRICS—K. Chetty et al.
  • ADDRESSING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DISPARITIES AND INEQUALITIES IN BRICS AND AFRICA.
  • BRICS and Transformation of Africa's Infrastructure in the Covid-19 Era: Rhetoric and Reality—R.T. Lisinge.
  • Lessons in Sustainable Development for South Africa from the Affordable Housing Policy of the BRICS Countries—J. Jose et al.
  • Women Entrepreneurs in the BRICS Informal Economy: A Transformative Agenda Amidst the Covid-19 Pandemic—O.E. Okeke-Uzodike.
  • BRICS: Finding and Funding the Nexus Between Peace, Security, and Development—B. Siwisa.
  • African Low-Income Countries' Leapfrogging Development and the Role of the BRICS Countries: A Case Study of Ethiopia and Rwanda—A. Ping and Z. Weiyun.
  • BRICS AND THE HEALTH INDUSTRY IN AFRICA.
  • An Innovation-Sharing Platform for Vaccine Research in BRICS—K. Chetty and C. Hongoro.
  • Assessing Covid-19 and Telemedicine Collaboration on Energy and Internet Communications Technology: Implications for Health in Africa—Y. April and L. Mengdi.
  • China-Africa Health Cooperation and Its Implications for the Covid-19 Pandemic—Z. Liu.
  • Resilience of Health Systems to Disease Outbreaks: Covid-19— A Comparative Analysis of South Africa and the Other BRICS Countries Using the Global Health Security Index—C. Hongoro et al.
  • Conclusion: The Way Forward for BRICS and Development in Africa—K. Chetty and Y.D. Davids.