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South Africa: Security and Stability in Development Cooperation

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The BRICS in International Development

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This chapter explores the South–South development cooperation contribution of South Africa, the smallest BRICS member. It discusses the emergence of South Africa’s development partnership as a mechanism to secure its prosperity and security on a volatile continent. The country’s extensive peace-building initiatives and investment in the establishment of a pro-development architecture in Africa are key pillars of its approach. Lack of engagement with South Africa’s private sector and civil society actors is exposed as a serious gap in bolstering the country’s development offering. Finally, the chapter considers the importance of trilateral cooperation as a significant enabler of South African engagement in its region, alongside the multiple identities that BRICS can offer South Africa as a development partner.

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  1. Institute of Development Studies, University of Sussex, Sussex, United Kingdom

    Jing Gu

  2. Institute of Development Studies, University of Sussex, Sussex, United Kingdom

    Alex Shankland

  3. School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, India

    Anuradha Chenoy

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Grobbelaar, N. (2016). South Africa: Security and Stability in Development Cooperation. In: Gu, J., Shankland, A., Chenoy, A. (eds) The BRICS in International Development. International Political Economy Series. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-55646-2_6

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