BRICS Nations: Economic Performance, Global Trends, and Future Outlook

This report provides an in-depth economic analysis of the BRICS nations (Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa). It examines their economic performance, growth drivers, and potential to influence global trends. The study includes a comparison with the G7 countries, highlighting key sectors and factors contributing to the BRICS nations' growth, such as bulk manufacturing, technology, labor force, natural resources, and domestic markets. The report analyzes the combined strength of the BRICS nations, their changing role in the global economy, and projected performance, concluding that the BRICS nations have the potential to surpass the G7 countries within the next three decades, driven by emerging markets and foreign investment. The report references several sources, including studies from Goldman Sachs and the World Economic Forum, to support its analysis and findings.

Introduction
BRICS- Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South
Africa
The term was first coined in 2001 by Jim O’
Neil (chief economist of Goldman Sachs)
A political dialogue between the big four 4
nations was organized in the year 2006 which
later culminated into the group BRIC.

Why are we studying BRICS
• The BRICS nations has the wide range of benefits over the other nations like the
bulk manufacturing, high end technology, abundant and cheap labor force, skilled
manpower, rich natural resources, huge domestic market.
• Major sectors that are promising in the BRICS nations include the real estate sector,
pharmaceutical sector, oil and energy sector, telecom sector, automobile sector,
retail sector, IT sector (Desai 2013).

Thesis statement of the study
The study will emphasize and analyze the economy of the BRICS nation (Brazil, Russia, India, China,
and South Africa) and the whether the economic conditions of the BRICS nations will be able to
surpass the economic power of the other seven strongest nations by the middle of the 21st century.

Combined strength of BRICS Nation

Economic performance of BRICS Nation

BRICS nations changing the emerging global trends

Projected performance of BRICS Nations

Comparison of BRICS with G7 countries

Drivers of growth BRICS nations

Conclusion
From the study, it can be concluded that the BRICS nations in
comparison to the other developed nations and emerging nations has
better indicators that can sustain their present status of growth. The
predictions from several organizations have shown that the BRICS
although lags behind the G7 countries in the present scenario, but has
the capability of moving past G7 countries within the three decades. The
growth factors, along with the emerging markets, and prospectus foreign
investment will steer the growth and will contribute majorly to the world
economy.

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