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Jihoafrická republika: Nový donor
The Republic of South Africa: An Emerging Donor

Author(s): Linda Piknerová
Subject(s): Politics / Political Sciences
Published by: Ústav mezinárodních vztahů
Keywords: emerging donors; development cooperation; South-South cooperation; Republic of South Africa; emerging powers; African renaissance

Summary/Abstract: This text deals with the development assistance of the Republic of South Africa after the fall of the apartheid era. The article is framed by the theory of South-South cooperation, which was established in the 1950’s and has risen since the beginning of the 1990’s. The paper consists of two parts. The first one is focused on the theory of South-South cooperation with an emphasis on development cooperation. Five particular features which distinguish the South-South cooperation from the “Western approach” are mentioned in this part. The second part tries to apply the mentioned features to the development cooperation of the Republic of South Africa. In the last section we briefly summarize some new information about the South-South cooperation. To put it briefly, we can say that the development cooperation of the Republic of South Africa is characterized by many particular features.

  • Issue Year: 49/2014
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 59-82
  • Page Count: 24
  • Language: Czech