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Thursday, July 17, 2014

BRICS - Fresh Developments


Recent BRICS summit and Proposal for a New BRICS Development Bank

International development experts Raj M. Desai and James Raymond Vreeland discuss the underlying drivers of recent actions by the BRICS:

Meanwhile, El-Erian wisely notes:
“In short, the BRICS summit went well beyond just words in illustrating a global fragmentation process that is picking up speed. The crucial takeaway for the West should be that getting things back on track will require a much more serious effort to reform the international monetary system in a way consistent with today’s global realities.”

Also, of interest: