scholarly journals The devil is in the detail – an analysis of the DBSA’s ‘Access to Sanitation’ indicator

2009 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
M. K. Ingle
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Development Bank ◽  
Indicator Values ◽  
Measure Change ◽  
The Devil

When using indicator values to measure change over an interval of time, the general understanding of the factor being analysed may have been modified during the period under review. Altered definitions of ‘urban’, or ‘poverty’, provide common instances of this phenomenon. This article outlines a similar situation with respect to the ‘access to sanitation’ indicator as it features in the Development Bank of Southern Africa’s series of Development Reports. These publications are often referred to as a ready source of useful information. It is shown how an altered understanding of what constituted ‘sanitation’ in South Africa came to influence the relevant indicator values. This change, if not taken into account, could result in planning calculations yielding invalid conclusions. The article deals with the casual use of ready-to-hand indicators by non- specialist practitioners, and about how easy it is to be misled on occasion.

Creating a Development Bank to Finance Affordable Housing in South Africa is a Timely Catalyst to Address Demand and Supply Challenges

2020 ◽  
pp. 810-826
Author(s):  
Vuyisani Moss
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Interest Rates ◽  
Affordable Housing ◽  
House Price ◽  
Disposable Income ◽  
Development Bank ◽  
Demand And Supply ◽  
Private Sector Participation ◽  
Mortgage Finance ◽  
Mortgage Interest Rates

The twin problems of affordability and accessibility that hamper the progress of housing in our country need to be addressed on a sustainable basis and the state needs to take on the role as a facilitator to create the enabling environment to encourage greater private sector participation. As a consequence, it is quite opportune to establish the Human Settlements Development Bank (HSDB). The mortgage finance affordability challenge is also attributable to key essential drivers, namely; house price index, disposable income, and the mortgage interest rates.

scholarly journals O banco e o arranjo de reserva dos BRICS em perspectiva

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 406-426
Author(s):  
Jackson Ribeiro ◽  
Gilberto Maringoni
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
World Bank ◽  
Financial Institutions ◽  
Economic Governance ◽  
Development Bank ◽  
Bretton Woods ◽  
The World Bank ◽  
New Development ◽  
The World ◽  
Bretton Woods Institutions

Este artigo tem como objetivo analisar os documentos da cúpula dos BRICS de Fortaleza, ocorrida em julho de 2014 que criou duas instituições financeiras, o Novo Banco de Desenvolvimento - NBD - e o Arranjo Contingencial de Reservas - ACR. São iniciativas importantes para estreitar os laços do grupo que reúne Brasil, Rússia, Índia, China e África do Sul, além de servirem para alargar a ordem monetária e financeira internacional. O NBD e o ACR são complementares às instituições multilaterais tradicionais de Bretton Woods: Banco Mundial e FMI. Complementares, pois foi adotada uma orientação cautelosa na criação desses arranjos protagonizados pelos BRICS. Tais arranjos alternativos incorporaram muitas prerrogativas e princípios do Banco Mundial e FMI, como a necessidade de acordo de cada país membro para acessar parte relevante de recursos no ACR. Mesmo incorporando prerrogativas e os princípios dominantes nessas organizações tradicionais NBD e ACR criam ambientes institucionais com potencial para possibilitar novos desdobramentos.     Abstract: This article aims to analyse the documents of the BRICS Fortaleza summit held in July 2014 that created two financial institutions, the New Development Bank – NDB and the Contingent Reserve Arrangement – CRA. They are important initiatives to strengthen the ties of the group that includes Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa, as well as serve to broaden the international monetary and financial order. NDB and CRA are complementary to traditional multilateral Bretton Woods institutions: the World Bank and the IMF. Complementary, because a cautious orientation was adopted in the creation of these BRICS arrangements. Such alternative arrangements have incorporated many prerogatives and principles of the World Bank and IMF, such as the need for each member country to agree to access a relevant part of the resources in the CRA. Even incorporating prerogatives and the dominant principles in these traditional NDB and CRA organisations create institutional environments with the potential to enable further unfoldings. Keywords: BRICS; NDB; ACR; ECONOMIC GOVERNANCE.     Recebido em: fevereiro/2019. Aprovado em: setembro/2019.

scholarly journals The New Development Bank and Multilateral Trade Facilitation Agreements on BRICS

2020 ◽  
Vol 6 ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
Fiyinfoluwa Giwa ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
South Africa ◽  
World Trade Organization ◽  
World Trade ◽  
Development Bank ◽  
Trade Facilitation ◽  
Multilateral Trade ◽  
Brics Countries ◽  
New Development ◽  
The World

Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa (BRICS) have made a tremendous economic impact on the world. Through the New Development Bank (NDB) and the Trade Facilitation Agreement (TFA) by the World Trade Organization, they have become stronger. This article made use of different views to discuss the implication of the NDB and TFA on BRICS. No empirical analysis was carried out. From the viewpoints of other scholars, the Trade Ministers of the BRICS and the World Trade Organization, the NDB and TFA can enhance intellectual and economic growth in the BRICS countries.

scholarly journals The Influence of Institutional Interplay on the Development of the BRICS Bank

1970 ◽  
Vol 3 ◽  
Author(s):  
Valerie Kiefer
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
International Institutions ◽  
Development Bank ◽  
Institutional Interplay ◽  
Regime Complex ◽  
New Development ◽  
Clear Link

With a greater degree of integration than ever before in areas such as trade, the environment, migration, etc., international institutions have emerged in an attempt to achieve greater cohesion and regulation among the plethora of global actors and issues that exist today. The consideration of international institutions and actors in terms of a network of interrelated bodies is referred to as a regime complex. One of these institutions is the BRICS Bank, or the New Development Bank (NDB), forged by the BRICS nations, namely Brazil, Russia, India, China, and more recently, South Africa. By applying different frameworks for considering the role and influence of institutional interplay within a greater regime complex, a clear link can be seen in how international institutions effect one another, their development, structures, and objectives.

The internal and external institutionalization of the BRICS countries: The case of the New Development Bank

2021 ◽  
pp. 019251212110241
Author(s):  
Bas Hooijmaaijers
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Essential Role ◽  
External Factors ◽  
Development Bank ◽  
Brics Countries ◽  
New Development ◽  
Recent Developments ◽  
Internal And External Factors

This article explores and explains the internal and external institutionalization of the BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa) countries via a case study of the New Development Bank. It contributes to the existing literature on the BRICS and the New Development Bank by identifying internal and external factors of institutionalization and by presenting the most recent developments in the field. The internal and external channels of cooperation complement the traditional one based on hosting annual joint BRICS summits. In 2014, these five countries institutionalized their cooperation with an agreement to establish this Bank. The recently established various New Development Bank regional offices play an essential role in its internal and external institutionalization. The New Development Bank is still very much in development. Nonetheless, the internal and external institutionalization approaches provide useful conceptual lenses to understand BRICS cooperation via the New Development Bank better.

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