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Introduction
Ch. 1. P. 1–6.
Background and motivation for a study of business cycles, business tendency surveys (BTSs), and cyclical indicators in the BRICS countries are specified. The main concepts and problems involved in monitoring and forecasting business cycles in emerging countries and countries in transition are overviewed; the importance of the experience of the BRICS in this context is demonstrated; different examples of the interaction between business cycles and social and political spheres are outlined. At last, the structure of the book is adduced.
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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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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 ...
Added: June 28, 2026
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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Strelnikova I., Агафонов Д. И., Вестник международных организаций: образование, наука, новая экономика 2026 Т. 21 № 1 С. 67–91
Арктический регион, на протяжении более чем десяти лет занимая особое положение в дискурсе международно-политической науки, поэтапно приобретал различные и зачастую диаметрально противоположные образы на страницах как англо-, так и русскоязычных исследований. Длительное время своеобразным «барометром» состояния «исключительности» транснациональных отношений в регионе был Арктический совет – центральный межправительственный форум, призванный де-юре содействовать международному сотрудничеству и поддержанию ...
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Alexander Sergunin, , in: International Trade and Economic Development in BRICS.: Singapore: Springer, 2026. Ch. 1 P. 1–18.
This study examines how the main IR and IPE theories interpret the BRICS phenomenon. The goal is not only to evaluate the advantages and disadvantages of these theories, but also to identify their heuristic potential for studying such a complex phenomenon as the BRICS. ...
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Sergunin A. A., Singapore: Springer, 2026.
The central thesis of this work is that the long-term viability and coherence of BRICS will be determined not by the mere fact of its economic aggregation, but by its capacity to manage the profound tensions between its centripetal objectives and its centrifugal internal dynamics. ...
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Klimov I., В кн.: Некоммерческие организации в странах БРИКС: структура сектора и особенности развития.: BRICS Expert Council-Russia, 2026. Гл. 10 С. 193–228.
The text systematizes research, data, and analytics on the Russian nonprofit sector. The economic characteristics and their dynamics, the structure of sector financing, the specifics of interaction with the state, priority areas of activity, participation in the implementation of public policy and involvement in national projects and programs are given. It also describes the difficulties ...
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Gavrilov K., Zabolotsky A., Kartasheva A. et al., BRICS Expert Council-Russia, 2026.
This study was prepared on the initiative of the BRICS Civil Society Council with the aim of a systematic analysis of the sector of non-profit organizations (NPOs) in the countries of the association. As of February 2025, the BRICS includes ten states: Brazil, Egypt, India, Indonesia, Iran, China, UAE, Russia, Ethiopia, South Africa. Within the framework ...
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Klimov I., Chepeleva M., Gavrilov K. et al., Civil BRICS Council, 2026.
This research study was conducted at the initiative of the Civil BRICS Council for the purpose
of performing a systemic analysis of the non-profit sector (hereinafter, the ‘NPO sector’),
encompassing both non-profit organizations (NPOs) and non-governmental organizations
(NGOs), in each of the constituent member countries of BRICS. Since February 2025, BRICS
has consisted of 10 member states: Brazil, China, ...
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Panin N., В кн.: Перспективы и задачи российско-африканского сотрудничества.: М.: Фонд развития и поддержки Международного дискуссионного клуба «Валдай», 2024. С. 19–22.
Африканская повестка стала неотъемлемой частью каждой декларации, принимаемой БРИКС по итогам саммитов. Несмотря на некоторые изменения в смысловых акцентах, фокус на Африку во многом уникален, поскольку такого внимания в документах объединения не получает ни один регион. ...
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Panin N., Сравнительная политика 2025 Т. 16 № 2 С. 185–215
В статье рассматривается сотрудничество с международными организациями как самостоятельный вектор внешней политики Нигерии с учетом основных задач, которые Абуджа стремится решить участием в ООН, Содружестве наций, Движении неприсоединения, ОПЕК, ФАО, а также ОИС на современном этапе (с 1999 г.). Кроме того, анализируется изменение позиции Нигерии в отношении ключевых неформальных институтов (БРИКС и G20) после прихода ...
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Panin N., Пути к миру и безопасности 2023 Т. 65 № 2 С. 91–101
The article examines the practical aspects of the Republic of South Africa’s (RSA’s) participation of in the work of BRICS as one of the key formats of modern network diplomacy. The study is based on data on the economic aspects of South Africa’s participation in BRICS. Pretoria’s political steps are also analyzed, with a focus ...
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Biryuk D., В кн.: Государственное и муниципальное управление: актуальные проблемы и современные тренды.: СПб.: Санкт-Петербургский университет технологий управления и экономики, 2026. С. 95–99.
This article presents a comparative analysis of the practices of BRICS countries in assessing and accounting for budgetary obligations arising from concession and public-private partnership (PPP) projects. The selection of BRICS nations is justified by their status as major emerging economies actively employing PPPs for infrastructure financing and facing similar challenges in fiscal risk management. ...
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Podrugina A., Романова В. А., Современная мировая экономика 2026 Т. 3 № 4 С. 8–24
Формирование архитектуры дедолларизации в странах БРИКС становится одним из ключевых направлений их экономической и финансовой кооперации. В статье рассматриваются институциональные и инфраструктурные меры, направленные на расширение использования национальных валют в торговле, развитии платежных систем и цифровых валют центральных банков (ЦВЦБ), а также на укрепление национальных финансовых рынков. Анализируется прогресс стран БРИКС в контексте мировых тенденций ...
Added: March 31, 2026
Yudina M., Ярыгина И., Четти К. et al., Finance: Theory and Practice 2026 Vol. 30 No. 1 P. 103–119
The paper is a result of a comprehensive and systematic approach to reviewing the growing opportunities for BRICS countries in introducing artificial intelligence into a mutual financial platform. The subject of the study is the AI as a factor of BRICS cooperation and its growth in finance. The purpose of the study is to identify measures that stimulate the ...
Added: March 31, 2026
Molodtsova V., Мокренский Д. Н., Artsybasheva K. et al., Городские исследования и практики 2026 Т. 11 № 1 С. 10–29
In the global trend towards urbanization, small towns play an essential role in ensuring balanced spatial development, serving as a link between rural and highly urbanized areas. The BRICS countries, comprising almost half of the world’s population and a significant portion of global GDP, have demonstrated a variety of approaches to working with small towns. ...
Added: March 23, 2026