by Chris Jordan | Nov 22, 2016 | Brazil, China, India, Labour Standards and Global Production Networks
The ‘Rising Powers’, especially China, India and Brazil, have now become key players in the global economy. Yet, we still know too little about how these economies are engaging with and potentially shaping, the rules that govern international trade and global...
by Chris Jordan | Nov 10, 2016 | Brazil, China, India, Labour Standards and Global Production Networks, Law Development and Finance in Rising Powers, South Africa
By Boni Sones, University of Cambridge We live in a globalised world and buy products produced by workers’ from all over the World. Increasingly consumers are demanding that those who produce our goods are employed on decent terms and conditions whether they work in...
by Chris Jordan | Oct 17, 2016 | China
By Corinna Braun-Munzinger The Rising Powers Study Group of the Development Studies Association (DSA) and the ESRC Rising Powers and Interdependent Futures programme jointly convened a full-day panel at the DSA annual conference in Oxford on 13 September, titled...
by Chris Jordan | Jun 28, 2016 | China, John Knight, Uncategorized
by Global Development Institute (GDI), University of ManchesterProfessor John Knight, The University of Oxford, recently spoke at the GDI on ‘the principal-agent problem, the developmental state, subjective well-being and social instability: China’s...
by Chris Jordan | Apr 4, 2016 | China, Innovation Systems Development in China and Russia, Simone Corsi, Uncategorized, Yanchao Li
Simone Corsi, Research Fellow, Dept. of Entrepreneurship, Strategy & Innovation,Lancaster University Management School and Programme Manager, Lancaster China Catalyst programme, was interviewed after presenting at a seminar hosted by the Manchester...
by Chris Jordan | Mar 30, 2016 | China, Ian Scoones, Rising Powers in African Agriculture, Uncategorized
Ian Scoones, University of Sussex In December 2015, Chinese President Xi Jinping flew into South Africa for the Forum on China-Africa Co-operation with great fanfare. There were lots of announcements about prospective investments across Africa. Agriculture featured...
