On November 10, 2020 Rahul Chhabra, Secretary (Economic Relations), Ministry of External Affairs, Government of India launched India-Brazil-South Africa (IBSA) report on ‘Deepening Cooperation in IBSA: Perspectives from Key Sectors’ over a virtual platform from New Delhi, India.
The report was prepared by the 2nd batch of Fellows under the IBSA Visiting Fellowship Program.
Key People
Andre Aranha Correa do Lago, Brazilian ambassador in India, Sibusiso Ndebel, South African High Commissioner to India among others participated in the virtual launch of the IBSA report.
Key Info
The research was undertaken by the fellows on cooperation at the United Nations(UN), Intellectual Property Rights, Traditional Medicine, Financial Sector Cooperation & Trade in Banking Services & Energy.
IBSA Visiting Fellowship Programme:
The IBSA Visiting Fellowship Program was instituted(2018-19) at Research and Information System for Developing Countries (RIS) with the support of the Ministry of External Affairs to renew the IBSA partnership.
Aim
To promote academic exchange of young scholars in areas of economics and social sciences to reinforce the research collaboration among India, Brazil and South Africa
Focuses on
- Multilateral institutional frameworks to coordinate, support and enable global sustainable development.
- Collaborative research for cooperation and information exchange in the fields of macro-economy
- Trade and development
- Any other area of ​​interest within the IPSA framework
Range of important issues
The various types of important issues selected by IBSA scholars from India, Brazil and South Africa for extensive research work include agriculture, global production networks, trade and investment, South-South cooperation and IBSA Fund.
Gist about RIS:Â
RIS is an autonomous policy research institute that specialises in issues related to international economic development, trade, investment and technology. It is funded by the Government of India.
Focus– To promote South-South Cooperation and collaborate with developing countries in multilateral negotiations in various forums.
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On September 04, 2020, Vice President of India, Venkaiah Naidu released the inaugural issue of the report ‘The State of Young Child in India’ virtually. The report provides an account of challenges related to early child development (0-6 years) in India.The report has been prepared by Mobile Creches. The report has also released the list of Best-performing states & worst-performing states based on the Young Child Outcomes Index.
About Research and Information System for Developing Countries (RIS):
Director General-Prof. Sachin Chaturvedi
HeadQuarters- New Delhi, India
Established– 1984
