BRIC country means Brazil, Russia, India and China.

And it was not just these so called BRIC countries that boomed.

South Africa officially became a member nation on 24 December 2010, after being formally invited by the BRIC countries to join the group.

With a large land area the road density is the lowest of all the G8 and BRIC countries.

If the BRICs growth slows (as has begun to happen), the concept s artificiality will become widely apparent.

But looking at Goldman Sachs' work we had the famous BRIC Report.

So basically, China is a SICK BRIC country.

I'll give an example. China is a BRIC country.

The BRICS states have been amongst the most powerful drivers of incremental change in world diplomacy and they benefit most from the connected global power shifts.

So, should we take today s BRICS more seriously than the BRICs of three years ago?

For developing economies, including most of the BRIC (Brazil, Russia, India, and China) and MINT (Mexico, Indonesia, Nigeria, and Turkey) countries, the risk is particularly large.

Indonesia managed to weather the latest economic crisis and is now even a contender for the BRIC nations.

The concept of the BRICs (Brazil, Russia, India, and China) may have been an astute branding tool.

Entry of South Africa In 2010, South Africa began efforts to join the BRIC grouping, and the process for its formal admission began in August of that year.

History The term BRICS was coined in 2001 by then chairman of Goldman Sachs Asset Management, Jim O'Neill, in his publication Building Better Global Economic BRICs .

CAMBRIDGE In 2001, Goldman Sachs Jim O Neill famously coined the term BRIC to characterize the world s four largest developing economies Brazil, Russia, India, and China.

According to the World Economic Forum, Brazil was the top country in upward evolution of competitiveness in 2009, gaining eight positions among other countries, overcoming Russia for the first time, and partially closing the competitiveness gap with India and China among the BRIC economies.

Nearly 12 years ago, Jim O Neill, then the chief economist for Goldman Sachs, coined the term BRIC to describe the emerging markets of Brazil, Russia, India, and China.

The organization must reformulate its mission, moving away from the idea of being the West s Bank, the BRICS Bank, or, for that matter, a bank at all.

Continent's countries

Maghreb countries

Mediterranean countries

Most coffee dependent countries are least developed countries or part of the ACP group.

Manufacture in which all the products of Chapter 11 used are originating

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Although some restrictions still remain, this right will naturally be extended.

South eastern Neighbours

Other EEA countries

All this applies to the countries of the north as well as to the countries of the south.

Industrialized countries (class I) Developing countries (class II) incl. ACP Med. countries State trading countries (class III)

All member countries of the AfDB are represented on the AfDB Board of Executive Directors.

Euro area countries

Other EEA countries 3 .

CMEA (COMECON) COUNTRIES

(name of the country countries)

THE KINGDOM OF THE NETHERLANDS,

Country group No

It is about the power of the large EU countries being strengthened at the expense of the small countries.

That means that in the case of the Netherlands, it will develop the policy for the North Sea in conjunction with other North Sea countries.

Some emerging Asian currencies such as the Thai baht or the Indian rupee appreciated substantially in effective terms Chart 3 Geographical contributions to world GDP growth ( percentages ) selected mature economies 1 ) BRIC 2 ) rest of the world 45 40 35 30 25 20 15 10 5 0 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 45 40 35 30 25 20 15 10 5 0

Three years ago, I wrote that, BRIC is not likely to become a serious political organization of like minded states.

The average monthly income in the enlargement countries is rising sharply, and exports from our countries to them is rising more steeply than the import from those countries.

All countries of the African continent with the exception of Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia, South Africa.

There are the countries of Eastern Europe and the countries of the Mediterranean basin.

I would emphasise the programme s geographical coverage, because this should facilitate closer dialogue with the countries of Africa and Latin America (the ALA countries), the countries of the euro Mediterranean partnership (MEDA countries), the countries of the former USSR (TACIS countries), the countries of the former Yugoslavia (CARDS countries) and the candidate countries.