By David South, Development Challenges, South-South Solutions SOUTH-SOUTH CASE STUDY China reached an undesired landmark in 2013. While the country’s impressive economic growth has amazed the world, it has come at a price: pollution. China recorded record levels of smog in 2013, with some cities suffering air pollution many times above what is acceptable for human health. This […]
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By David South, Development Challenges, South-South Solutions SOUTH-SOUTH CASE STUDY South-South trade is the great economic success story of the past decade. World Trade Organization (WTO) (www.wto.org) figures show South-South trade accounted for 16.4 percent of the US $14 trillion in total world exports in 2007, up from 11.5 percent of the total in 2000. While the […]
By David South, Development Challenges, South-South Solutions SOUTH-SOUTH CASE STUDY The rise of China since 1989 has been the most remarkable development story of our times. The number of people lifted out of poverty is historically unprecedented: 65 percent of Chinese people lived below the poverty line in 1981; in 2007 it was 4 percent (World Bank). […]
By David South, Development Challenges, South-South Solutions SOUTH-SOUTH CASE STUDY A great South-South opportunity has emerged with the recent boom in wine drinking in China and the pursuit of quality tastes. Matching high-quality wine producers from the global South – including South Africa, Chile, Morocco, and Lebanon – with China’s thirsty wine drinkers could deliver a major […]
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