The Political Economy of Intra-BRICS Cooperation

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xix

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2. Towards Deeper Intra-BRICS Cooperation: An Argument

   • Siphamandla Zondi, Odilile Ayodele, Siphumelele Duma

   Pages 1-15

3. The BRICS Development Bank and Challenges for development financing in BRICS—Issues for Consideration

   • Modimowabarwa Kanyane

   Pages 17-38

4. BRICS, Structural Power and the BRICS Bank as a Potentially Progressive Instrument for a Passive Revolution

   • John Mikatekiso Nelson Kubayi

   Pages 39-59

5. Out of the Regime Complex: Practical Options for Enhancing Cooperation in Climate Change and New Frontiers in BRICS

   • Thulisile Ncamsile Mphambukeli, Victor Ogbonnaya Okorie

   Pages 61-77

6. Opportunities and Options for Energy Cooperation Among BRICS Countries

   • Thokozani Simelane, Jurgen Knop

   Pages 79-97

7. BRICS Cooperation in Fighting Transnational Crimes

   • Nirmala Gopal

   Pages 99-113

8. BRICS Countries’ Competitiveness in the 4IR: Findings from Three World Economic Forum Indicators

   • Bhaso Ndzendze

   Pages 115-135

9. No One Left Behind: The Implications of the 4th Industrial Revolution on the Developmental Agenda of the BRICS Countries

   • Peliwe Lolwana

   Pages 137-154

10. Tangible Economic Cooperation for South Africa and the BRICS: Taking Stock and Looking Forward

    • Cyril Prinsloo

    Pages 155-173

11. Financial Inclusion and Women Empowerment in BRICS Countries: Perspectives on India and South Africa

    • Tinuade Adekunbi Ojo

    Pages 175-203

12. COVID-19 and the Counter-Cyclical Responses of the BRICS Countries

    • Isaac Bheki Khambule

    Pages 205-230

13. South Africa’s Vaccine Production Potential: Towards an Intra-BRICS Vaccine Production Framework

    • Palesa Sekhejane, Vuyo Mjimba

    Pages 231-249

14. Towards an Intra-BRICS Implementation and Accountability Framework on Sustainable Development Goals

    • Siphamandla Zondi

    Pages 251-271

15. Back Matter

    Pages 273-277

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This book uses the idea of internal cohesion through intra-BRICS cooperation to make the argument that the next phase in the evolution of BRICS is to strengthen cooperation among BRICS countries in the implementation of decisions taken. There is a risk that what the BRICS promises and what it represents both in the eyes of its friends and foes might not materialise in the absence of central institutions. So, the book calls for the deepening intra-BRICS cooperation across all policy areas where there are already undertakings could help mitigate this risk. 

• BRICS
• international cooperation
• international political economy
• data economy
• COVID 19
• inter-regional cohesion

“The book presents an incisive analysis of COVID-19, vaccine production, implementation of SDGs making it extremely relevant in the current political discourse. It is an essential reading for academicians and policymakers, who want to understand the BRICS intra-cooperation and its potential contribution in effectively dealing with global challenges.” (Professor Sachin Chaturvedi, Director-General of Research and Information System for Developing Countries (RIS), Member of Board of Governors, the Reserve Bank of India,  New Delhi.)

“This book offers well structured, deep and comprehensive analysis of the BRICS, institution that is striving to achieve better, fairer and more inclusive world for the benefit of all the people of the globe. It provides recommendations for further cohesion among the five countries to bring about visible outcomes of intra-BRICS cooperation.” (Dr. Victoria V. Panova, Vice-President for International Relations, Far Eastern Federal University, W20 Sherpa, Russia.)

• Institute for Pan-African Thought and Conversation, University of Johannesburg, Johannesburg, South Africa

  Siphamandla Zondi

Siphamandla Zondi is Professor in the Department of Politics and International Relations and Acting Director of Institute for Pan-African Thought & Conversation at the University of Johannesburg. He chairs the South African BRICS Think Tank, which facilitates the participation of researchers in BRICS policy development processes. He is Editor of International Journal of African Renaissance Studies, the African Journal of Political Science, and the Journal of BRICS Studies.