Category: On The Ground Reports
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Kazan, BRICS And Nostalgia: What I Took Away
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It all began in 2001, when Goldman Sachs’ then chairman, Jim O’niel coined an acronym to describe economies predicted to dominate the world by 2050. It was then BRIC. the founding members of the bloc being Brazil, Russia, India, China. South Africa joined the grouping in 2011. The group now makes up more than 40…