"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 Dehli.

"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.

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.

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 AfricanRenaissance Studies, the African Journal of Political Science, and the Journal of BRICS Studies.

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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.

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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.

Inhalt

1. Strategic cohesion, functional coherence and intra-BRICS cooperation: an argument. --Siphamandla Zondi2. The BRICS development bank and challenges for development financing in BRICS. --Modimowabarwa Kanyane

   3. BRICS, structural power and the BRICS bank as a potentially progressive instrument for a passive revolution. --Mikateko Kubayi

   4. Practical options for enhancing cooperation in climate change among BRICS countries. --Thulisile N. Mphambukeli & Victor O. Okorie

   5. Opportunities and options for energy cooperation among BRICS Countries. --Thokozani Simelane & Juergen Knop

   6. BRICS cooperation on fighting transnational crimes. --Nirmala Gopal.

   7. The digital data economy at the WTO- contested plurilateral pathways: Which way for Africa, BRICS and the Global South?. --Ashraf Patel

   8. BRICS countries' competitiveness in the 4IR: findings from the World Economic Forum indicators. --Bhaso Ndzendze

   9. No one left behind: the implications of the 4th Industrial Revolution on the developmental agenda of the BRICS countries. --Peliwe Lolwana

   10. Tangible economic cooperation for South Africa and the BRICS: taking stock and looking forward. --Cyril Prinsloo

   11. Financial inclusion and women empowerment in BRICS countries: The case of India and South Africa. --Tinuade A. Ojo & Siphamandla Zondi

   12. COVID-19 and the counter-cyclical responses of BRICS countries. --Isaac Bheki Khambule

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

   Production Framework. --Palesa Sekhejane and V Mjimba

   14. Towards an Intra-BRICS accountability framework on sustainable development goals. --Siphamandla Zondi