BRICS – a bloc or a bubble?
At a Glance
04-12-2014
BRICS stands for Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa. This heterogeneous group of five large countries each underwent dramatic economic growth in the past decade. Now they are forging links among themselves, are calling for greater recognition of their weight in international institutions and are creating a development bank. But is the group here to stay?
At a Glance
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- Africa
- America
- Asia and Oceania
- Brazil
- China
- cooperation policy
- development bank
- economic conditions
- economic cooperation
- economic geography
- economic growth
- economic interdependence
- ECONOMICS
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- India
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- international trade
- international trade
- political geography
- Russia
- South Africa
- summit meeting
- TRADE
- trade relations
- UN General Assembly
- UN Security Council
- United Nations