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The BRICS Group in the Spotlight: an Interdisciplinary Approach
Vol. 5.
2015.
Under the general editorship: L. Scaffardi
More than 40% of the inhabitants of the planet live in the BRICS countries, and one fifth of the world’s wealth is generated from Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa. What is also important to consider, when talking about the BRICS, is how fast these emerging countries are becoming main actors, and often real protagonists, in fields such as world economics, geopolitics and global opportunities. This publication collects the proceedings of the international conference “The BRICS Group in the Spotlight”, held on the 6-7 November 2014 at University of Parma. This conference aimed to encourage systematic, interdisciplinary analysis about the importance of BRICS vis-à-vis contemporary debates in the socio-political, economic, geopolitical and legal studies realms. This volume gathers 16 research contributions from 24 scholars from all around the world. It is divided into four parts: BRICS and global politics; BRICS, socio-economic rights and social inequalities; BRICS’ economic dimensions; BRICS, sustainable development and energy.
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Larionova M. V., Rakhmangulov M., Sakharov A. G. et al., , in: The BRICS Group in the Spotlight: an Interdisciplinary ApproachVol. 5.: [б.и.], 2015. P. 175 –202.
Health is an indispensable public good. At the national level it has been manifested in the BRICS governments’ commitment to scale up health financing, though to a different degree. At the global level it is evidenced by the international community progress on the three health-related Millennium Development Goals. However despite successes in fighting infectious diseases, ...
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Poddiakov A., / Series Social Science Research Network "Social Science Research Network". 2026. No. 7437658.
Clarity of knowledge and reasoning is necessary in many cases. Yet vagueness in scientific thinking related to surprise, curiosity, "ability to engage with not-knowing" (de Freitas) and abductive reasoning is also a crucially important source of scientific creativity which supplements combinatorial logic when dealing with the already known. Starting from studies by C. S. Peirce ...
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Makarov I. A., Россия в глобальной политике 2026 Т. 24 № 4 (140) С. 164–182
Три с половиной года остаётся до 2030-го – окончания срока реализации Целей устойчивого развития (ЦУР) – главной международной инициативы, устанавливающей долгосрочные ориентиры для будущего человечества. Уже очевидно, что она провалилась: преодоление бедности, решение экологических проблем и построение инклюзивного и справедливого общества остались красивой мечтой. Кто-то может воспринимать ЦУР как памятник человеческой наивности. Но надо понимать, что эта ...
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Soldatova A., В кн.: Международный банковский бизнес: проблемы и перспективы.: Прометей (МПГУ), 2026. С. 120–140.
This monograph addresses the theory and practice of international banking, including the assessment of financial relationships between business entities in the current environment, areas of cooperation in project finance, financial technologies, ensuring the security of banking operations, the development of settlement and depository systems in developing countries, and more.
This research is intended for students studying ...
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Vagin S., Abramov V., Trusina I. et al., Scientific Culture 2026 Vol. 12 No. 2.1 P. 3316–3331
In the era of rapid digital transformation and the widespread adoption of artificial intelligence, a paradox arises: despite the unprecedented growth of data volumes, the quality of strategic management decisions often declines. This article aims to present the results of a study examining the phenomenon of the "extrapolation trap"—a cognitive distortion of modern management culture ...
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Vagin S., Kostyukova E., Spiridonova N. et al., Risks 2022 Vol. 10 No. 2 P. 35–35
This paper aims to study the perspectives of sustainable development amid the COVID-19 pandemic and crisis in 2021, backed by financial risk management and corporate social responsibility. To achieve this goal, the authors use the methods of regression analysis, horizontal and trend analysis, and variation analysis. As a result, it is proven—for the first time—that ...
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Switzerland: Springer, 2021.
This book reflects the futuristic scientific view of the consequences of transition to Industry 4.0 for climate change. The authors present a systemic overview of the current negative consequences of digitization for the environment, new outlines of the energy sphere in Industry 4.0 and the change of the environment pollution level in Industry 4.0. The ...
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Чуча С. Ю., Томашевский К. Л., Гасанов З. У. et al., В кн.: Обеспечение занятости, производительного труда и социальная защита в условиях гибридных правовых режимов: междисциплинарный подход.: Институт государства и права РАН, 2026. Гл. 2.6 С. 177–294.
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Batusova E. S., Вестник Университета имени О.Е. Кутафина 2026 № 2 С. 55–64
The integration of international labour standards into the national
legal systems of the BRICS countries is an important element in the unification of legal regulation of working hours and rest periods. Conventions of
the International Labour Organization (ILO) play a key role in shaping unified approaches to the legal regulation of these aspects, which is reflected in
setting ...
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M.: BRICS Expert Council – Russia, 2026.
The world experienced another turbulent year in 2025. It may well go down in future history textbooks as an inflection point in the evolution of the international order. The West, which for centuries has been universally seen as the mainstay of the global order, has shown increasing signs of implosion. It is being afflicted by ...
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Субъективное благополучие россиян через призму реализации жизненных целей: динамика и дифференциация
Mareeva S., Slobodenyuk E., Социологические исследования 2026 № 7 С. 3–15
Based on survey data from the Institute of Sociology FCTAS from 2003–2024, the article examines Russians’ life goals, their inclusion in life plans, and perceived attainability, as well as the relationship between these characteristics and both objective and subjective well-being. It is shown that the structure of life goals is stable and has not undergone ...
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Izotov V., В кн.: Европейский союз в мировой экономике: фактор БРИКС.: Федеральное государственное бюджетное учреждение науки Институт Европы Российской академии наук, 2026. С. 115–133.
Одна из важнейших линий мировой экономики – отношения БРИКС и ЕС. Это не просто двусторонняя страновая повестка для Брюсселя, но важнейшая линия сотрудничества и конкуренции одновременно, формирующая планетарную политэкономическую динамику на десятилетия вперёд. Теоретические исследования здесь очень важны. И это не дескриптивные работы или академические «дискуссии ради дискуссий». От правильной классификации отношений ЕС – БРИКС, ...
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Федеральное государственное бюджетное учреждение науки Институт Европы Российской академии наук, 2026.
This edited volume examines the place of the European Union in the global economy during the first quarter of the twenty-first century against the backdrop of an emerging global economic order in which BRICS countries are playing an increasingly important role. Particular attention is paid to the evolution of the EU’s integration strategy – its ...
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Vagin S., Управление 2025 Т. 12 № 3 С. 74–82
The purpose of the article is to evaluate theoretical approaches to the study of various scientific and practical approaches of sustainable economic development. The author of the work has the following tasks: to conduct a comparative assessment of various scientists and economists studying theoretical approaches of sustainable strategic development of innovative potential of industrial enterprises; ...
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Zhuravleva T., Afanasev K., Engelmann J. et al., / Series "SSRN Working Paper Series". 2026.
Extortionary ("harassment") bribery can persist even when widely condemned, consistent with a coordination problem sustained by beliefs about what others do and what others consider acceptable. We study whether a minimal institutional featurethe presence of a third-party monitor empowered to punish-shifts (i) normative expectations about extortion and compliance and (ii) empirical expectations about their prevalence. ...
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Kharina O., Strelnikova I., Шаталин К. С., Ученые записки Института Африки РАН 2026 Т. 12 № 2 С. 94–109
В работе рассматривается научно-технологический потенциал стран Африки и Ближнего Востока, вошедших в состав БРИКС в результате расширения объединения в 2024 г., а также анализируются возможности и интересы России в сотрудничестве с новыми членами БРИКС в рамках формата БРИКС+. Особое внимание уделяется дифференциации уровней научно-технологического развития стран региона, включая государства Залива, страны Северо-Восточной Африки и Южной ...
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Vagin S., Вестник Самарского государственного экономического университета 2026 № 6 С. 50–63
The article examines regional financial systems, as well as the areas contributing to their development. The study examines and examines the factors that have the most significant impact on economic growth. The results of the study showed that for regional financial systems, attention should be paid to the specifics of the economic development of each ...
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Mishin A., Guerrieri L., Kim J., / Series 2026-042 "Finance and Economics Discussion Series (FEDS)". 2026.
Within narrowly defined industries, the most productive firms produce far more than the least productive from the same inputs, and this dispersion widens in downturns. We build a tractable representative-agent model in which financial frictions—adverse selection and moral hazard—make firms sort endogenously into lenders, strategic defaulters, and producers. As credit conditions vary, the resulting misallocation ...
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Власов С. А., Nevalennyi M., Сафиулин Р. Р. et al., / Банк России. Серия Аналитическая записка "Материалы Банка России". 2026.
В аналитической записке обсуждается долгосрочно устойчивый уровень цены на российскую нефть. Это тот уровень, к которому цена нефти, вероятнее всего, будет тяготеть в долгосрочной перспективе. Потребность в его определении возникает по нескольким причинам. Во-первых, цена на нефть остается одним из ключевых экономических показателей российской экономики, определяющих экспорт, обменный курс рубля, прибыль, доходы и расходы бюджета, ...
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Глазова А. М., Nevalennyi M., Синяков А. А., / Банк России. Серия Препринты Банка России "Серия докладов об экономических исследованиях". 2025. № 154.
The paper proposes a graphical model of a small open economy. The dynamics of the graphical model is then illustrated using impulse responses from the corresponding formal semi-structural model (QPM model). The authors have several goals in preparing this description of the graphical macroeconomic model. The first goal of the paper is to present an adapted ...
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Mishin A., Guerrieri L., Canzoneri M. et al., / Series 2026-042 "Finance and Economics Discussion Series (FEDS)". 2026.
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Ivanov A., Kotova D., Bovt S. et al., М.: Издательский дом НИУ ВШЭ, 2026.
This report presents the first comprehensive competition analysis of global grain value chains. It examines the market power of ABCD+ traders (ADM, Bunge, Cargill, Louis Dreyfus, et al.), financialization of grain trade, and the anticompetitive effects of digitalization. The report offers recommendations for BRICS competition authorities, including design principles for a BRICS Grain Exchange. ...
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Voitov S., Анализ и прогноз. Журнал ИМЭМО РАН 2026 № 1 С. 70–82
The article explores the discursive differences among think tanks from Brazil, China, India, and South Africa regarding two key informal forums of global governance — BRICS and the Group of Twenty (G20). The decision to take think tanks from these countries is justified by their participation in both forums, which enables to assess how their ...
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Bogatyrev R., Sandomirskaia M., / NRU Higher School of Economics. Series EC "Economics". 2026. No. 19(1).
This work develops a tractable model of price competition in fragmented markets where consumers consider both local and distant varieties, with cross-regional purchases subject to stochastic costs. Global competition and full localization emerge as polar cases; hybrid competition is not merely intermediate and exhibits distinctive features such as an endogenous price ceiling and non-monotonic entry ...
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Kravtsova M., Musaev A. U., Welzel C., / Series "SSRN Working Paper Series". 2026.
Elaborating on Welzel et al.'s "Cool Water Theory," our study zooms into the more limited (albeit still varied) framework conditions of Russia's huge territory. Within Russia's confines, we examine how the combination of moderately cool seasons with steady rain (i.e., Cool Water) affects sub-national areas' contemporary societal progress in two modernization indicators: material prosperity in ...
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