Brics

Goldman Sachs economist Jim O'Neill coined the phrase "Brics" in 2001, to describe Brazil, Russia, India and China, a disparate group of nations that he predicted would soon wield greater power on the world economic stage.

How the Eurocrisis laid bare world's new economic order 2011

Jim O'Neill, the economist who coined the term Brics to describe Brazil, Russia, India and China, is adding

The Guardian World News Fiona Walsh 2011

By creating the word Brics, O'Neill has redrawn powerbrokers 'cognitive map, helping them to articulate a fundamental shift of influence away from the western world.

SeekingAlpha.com: Home Page 2010

It is there that finance officials from the so-called Brics nations will meet ahead of a wider gathering of the G-20.

Help From Brics Shows Europe's Slide to Irrelevance Paul Hannon 2011

In Washington, the IMF board directors representing the so-called Brics countries—Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa—called on the fund to break from the tradition of automatically filling the managing director's job with a European, according to a statement Tuesday.

Lagarde to Bid for Top IMF Post Geraldine Amiel 2011

Leaders from Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa issued a new call for reform of the dollar-dominated international monetary system and for greater supervision of commodity markets and capital flows, as the so-called Brics nations seek to boost their influence in debates about the global economy.

This Week: A Budget, a Budget Fight, Libya on the Brink 2011

The Civets – the acronym forms the name of a small nocturnal mammal – follows on from another group of emerging nations known as the "Brics": Brazil, Russia, India and China.

The Civets: a guide to the countries bearing the world's hopes for growth 2011

A former U.S. official said the only way to block the France's Ms. Lagarde would be for the so-called Brics developing nations—Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa—to quickly agree on a candidate and force the U.S. and EU to respond.

Asian Nations Call for Local Successor at IMF James Hookway 2011

Meetings between the three countries predate their inclusion in the so-called Brics group of major emerging economies: Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa.

Singh Sees India, Brazil, South Africa Coordination at G-20 Patrick McGroarty 2011

One potential policy move raised in the Washington meetings is a commitment by members of the so-called Brics countries—Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa—to make loans to the IMF so it is clear that it has the money to handle an escalating crisis in Europe and elsewhere in the world.

Economic Leaders Warn of a 'Red Zone' Bob Davis 2011