The Future BRICS : A Synergistic Economic Alliance or Business As Usual?

The Future BRICS provides in depth quantitative and qualitative questions and answers about the future of the BRICS Forum as a synergistic economic alliance and is a valuable resource for anyone interested in the ongoing international debate about the economic future and sustainability of the emerging markets in general. BRICS is a structured economic association of five high-profile emerging market economies: Brazil, Russia, India, China, and now South Africa. Each nation has its own particular strengths along with its own particular weaknesses, but in the case of the BRICS as one economic entity the original purpose of the alliance was that each country's strengths would become stronger and their weaknesses would diminish. Since its inception, the BRICS countries have been the bellwether for the economic future of the emerging economies. The Future BRICS provides in-depth quantitative and qualitative questions and answers about the future of BRICS as a synergistic economic alliance, measured against the backdrop of the mutual political and economic benefits for each member country, and in relation to the strengths and weaknesses of each country's independent geo-political macroeconomic base. The economic future of these five high-profile emerging economies gives the reader an extensive look into the economic future of the emerging market economies. The book is a valuable resource for all those interested in the ongoing international debate about the economic future and sustainability of the emerging markets in general "BRICS is a structured economic association of five high profile emerging market economies: Brazil, Russia, India, China and now South Africa. Each nation has its particular strengths along with its particular weaknesses, but in the case of the BRICS as one economic entity, the original purpose of the alliance is that each country's strengths will become stronger and their weaknesses will diminish. Since its inception, the BRICS countries have been the bellwether for the economic future of the emerging economies. The Future BRICS provides in depth quantitative and qualitative questions and answers about the future of the BRICS Forum as a synergistic economic alliance, measured against the backdrop of the mutual political and economic benefits for each member country and relative to the strengths and weaknesses of each country's independent geopolitical macroeconomic base. The economic future of these five high profile emerging economies gives the reader an extensive look into the economic future of the emerging market economies overall. The book is a valuable resource for anyone interested in the ongoing international debate about the economic future and sustainability of the emerging markets in general"-- Provided by publisher Front Matter....Pages i-ix Front Matter....Pages 1-1 Introduction....Pages 3-18 The BRICS Forum: an Overview....Pages 19-34 Front Matter....Pages 35-35 Basel III in Conjunction with Nation-Specific Regulatory Measures....Pages 37-54 Front Matter....Pages 55-55 Macroeconomics of Brazil 2013–14....Pages 57-71 Macroeconomics of Russia 2013–14....Pages 72-86 Macroeconomics of India 2013–14....Pages 87-100 Macroeconomics of China 2013–14....Pages 101-115 Macroeconomics of South Africa 2013–14....Pages 116-130 BRICS Countries: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow....Pages 131-148 Front Matter....Pages 149-149 Conclusions....Pages 151-195 Back Matter....Pages 196-213