South-South Cooperation

This book critically analyses the ways in which Africa has shifted from the periphery of global trade, international relations and politics to the centre of the world stage because of its existing and potential economic prowess and purchasing power that the continent has to offer.

Autorentext
AYODELE PATRICK ADERINWALE Executive Director of the Africa Leadership Forum (ALF) in Ota, Ogun State, Nigeria. NED BERTZ Assistant Professor in the Department of History at the University of Hawai'i. SANJUKTA BANERJI BHATTACHARYA Professor of International Relations at Jadavpur University, Kolkata, India. FANTU CHERU Research Director at the Nordic Africa Institute in Uppsala, Sweden and Emeritus Professor of International Development at the School of International Service, American University in Washington, DC, USA. AVINASH GOVINDJEE Associate Professor in the Faculty of Law at the Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, South Africa. SANUSHA NAIDU Research Director of the Emerging Powers in Africa Program based with Fahamu, the network for social justice issues in South Africa. MARIUS OLIVIER Director of the International Institute for Social Law and Policy (IISLP), Australia and Adjunct Professor in Australia and South Africa. CHANDRAKANT PATEL Represents NGOs in Switzerland and provides consulting services and teaches courses in international trade at TRAPCA, a joint programme established by ESAMI and University of Lund, Sweden. SHAJI SADASIVAN Assistant Professor in Centre for Multi-Disciplinary Development Research (CMDR), in Dharwad, Karnataka, India. ABIOLA SANUSI Principal Consultant of Riplington & Associates in Abuja -F.C.T, Nigeria. SEEMA SHEKHAWAT Post Doctoral Fellow in the Centre for African Studies, University of Mumbai, India. FRANCISCO SIMPLICIO Chief of the Division for Knowledge Management of the Special Unit for South-South Cooperation hosted by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) KAREN SMITH Teaches International Relations at Stellenbosch University, South Africa.

Inhalt
Introduction: South-South Cooperation: Africa on the Centre Stage; R.Modi PART I: THE CONCEPT, HISTORY AND MOVING FORWARD South-South Development Cooperation: a Contemporary Perspective; F.Simplicio South-South Cooperation: What Prospects for a New Bandung Consensus?; F.Cheru Traces of the Past, Fragments for the Future: South-South Cooperation in the Indian Ocean; N.Bertz PART II: ECONOMIC DIMENSIONS OF SOUTH-SOUTH COOPERATION Food Security and South-South Cooperation; A.Aderinwale & A.Sanusi The BRICs and Africa: Emerging Markets and South-South Cooperation; S.B.Bhattacharya Healthcare of Africans in India; R.Modi Challenges and Opportunities of Regional Trading Agreements in Africa; C.Patel India's Economic Engagement with Sudan since 1990s: Search for Energy Security and Beyond; S.Sadasivan PART III: SOCIO-POLITICAL CONTEXT OF SOUTH-SOUTH COOPERATION South Africa and India as Regional Leaders in the Global South; K.Smith Social Protection Lessons from SADC for the Global South; M.Olivier & A.Govindjee Civil Society in Africa: Perspectives on the Expanding Engagement with Southern Partners; S.Naidu India, Africa and the IOR-ARC: Potential for Collaboration; S.Shekhawat