East Asia

International relations
– by Praveen Jha

A brief history of the BRICS

Why Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa as a group are no real counterweight to the US-led G7
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CO2 emissions
– by Ronald Ssegujja Ssekandi

Make Xi keep his climate promises

Environmental experts assess China’s CO2 emissions in report published by Heinrich Böll Foundation
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Public finance
– by Dereje Alemayehu, Hans Dembowski

In the driver’s seat

African governments must make economies more productive, gear them to sustainability and ensure their own financial viability
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Political systems
– by Praveen Jha

Fighting poverty

The comparison of India with China shows that formal democracy does not necessarily lead to more development-oriented governance
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Asian giants
– by Praveen Jha

China is ahead of India

Statistics show that Communist China has been outperforming formally democratic India for decades
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