Handbook of BRICS and Emerging Economies

This handbook presents a comprehensive and multi-faceted analysis of the BRICS countries and other emerging economies, exploring their economic, social, environmental, and governance dimensions and challenges. Section I: Introduction; 1 PB Anand, Shailaja Fennell, and Flavio Comim: BRICS and emerging economies: an assessment; Section II: Economic Perspectives, Resources, and Development; 2 Martin Daunton: WTO and the BRICS: a historical perspective; 3 Deepak Nayyar: BRICS and other emerging economies; 4 Moazam Mahmood and Florence Bonnett: Growth, employment, and social protection in BRICS; 5 John Weiss: Development banks in BRICS with a focus on Brazil; 6 Vinode Ramgopal and Ashish Kalra: Capitalizing the world; 7 Rashmi Arora: Financial inclusion and financial stability in India; 8 Mario Biggieri: Informal sector in China and India; 9 Dan Meng, Yan Gao, and Xioayang Li: Rural-urban migration and its multi-dimensional impacts in China; 10 PB Anand: Extractive economies, institutions, and development: Implications for BRICS and emerging economies; 11 Degol Hailu: Africa's extractive economies; 12 Padraig Carmody: Building BRICS in Africa; 13 Richard Sidebottom: Cotton production and trade in West Africa; Section III: Social Development Challenges and Perspectives; 14 Flavio Comim: Publicness and human development: an illustration from BRICs; 15 David Clark: Reason, argument, and agitation: can South Africa follow in the footsteps of the BRICS countries?; 16 A Dalcin, T Kang, Daiane Zanon, Felipe Belle, Luana Betti, , Fabio Rasche Jr, Daiane Zanon, and F Comim: Education in BRICS; 17 G Garibotto: Early childhood and human development; 18 C. Raj Kumar: Building world class universities in BRICS: reflections; 19 Kenia Parsons: Hijacking of social protection by cash transfers- the case of Bolsa Familia; 20 Miguel Nino Zarazua: Social protection in Mexico; 21 Alice Krozer, Stephanie Garry, and Juan-Carlos Moreno Brid: Minimum wages and inequality in Mexico: an example (not) to follow; 22 S Chatterjee: The illegal trade in organs and poverty in India: a comparative analysis with Brazil and China; Section IV: Inequality and Political Economies; 23 Prabir Bhattacharya and Vibhor Saxena: Demography and roots of gender inequality in BRICS; 24 Sabino da Silva Porto Junior, Bernardo Frederes Kramwr Alcalde, and Izete Pengo Bagolin: Equality of opportunity in Brazil and India: an empirical exercise for the 1993-2013 period.; 25 Shailaja Fennell: Women and identity: negotiating institutional pathways to claim rights in China and India; 26 Lucy McMahon: Violence and the BRICS; 27 Ga-Young So: Saemaul Undong women's club in Korea: a bottom up case of women's empowerment; 28 Catalina Dropplemann and Nicolas Trajenberg: Inequality and crime in Latin America; 29 Javier Gonzalez-Dias: The political economy of inequality in Chile: the role of institutions and power; 30 David Potts: Development and inequality in the African lions; Section V: Sustainable Development Issues; 31 Tadashi Hirai: Happiness in BRICS; 32 Franklin Obeng-Odoom: Cities, oil, and national development; 33 Nicholay Kolev and Yue Xu: Institutional changes in the oil industry: China versus Russia; 34 Olga Ulybina: Is Russia going green?; 35 Terry van Gevelt: Indigenous communities, ICT and rural development: case studies in Tanzania and Sarawak, Malaysia; 36 Suresh Babu and Kamiljon Akramov: Food security in Central Asia and implications for BRICS; Section VI: Governance Issues; 37 Richard Jolly: Humane global governance: an area for the future where progress inches forward; 38 Haider Khan: Governing a complex global financial system in the age of global instabilities and BRICs; 39 Deepanshu Mohan: Governing dynamics of a changing global order: case for the developing countries; 40 Paul Jackson: United Nations? The BRICS and international peace keeping; 41 Cassandra Sweet: Emerging powers coalitions: India and Brazil examined; 42 Sunil Tankha: Economic, political, and social transformation in Brazil: a study in disorderly progress; 43 Vsevolod Samokhlov: Reshaping Eurasia: Russian and Chinese regional approaches; 44 Utku Teksoz: Turkey: always at crossroads, never quite there