Description
This book offers a comprehensive comparative standpoint at the more and more significant development cooperation activities of the BRICS. Providing a powerful set of insights into the drivers for engagement within every country, it brings together leading experts from Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa and OECD countries. The authors review the empirical evidence for the BRICS’ modes of development cooperation and their geographical reach, and explore the historical background and patterns of international development engagement of every country. They also present a state-of-the-art analysis of the broader geopolitical shifts, distinctive ideologies and normative discourses that are influencing and informing their engagement in more and more ambitious joint projects such as the New Development Bank. This collection is very important reading for somebody searching for to be mindful the unexpectedly changing landscape of international development.