BRICS

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intergovernmental organization international alliance

BRICS is an intergovernmental alliance of major emerging economies—originally Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa—focused on political, economic, and development cooperation as a counterweight to Western-dominated institutions.

Observed surface forms (5)

Surface form Occurrences
BRICS countries 3
BRIC 1
BRICS Summit 1
BRICS member states 1
Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa 1

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf intergovernmental organization ⓘ
international alliance ⓘ
aimsTo increase voice of emerging economies in global governance ⓘ
promote multipolar world order ⓘ
serve as counterweight to Western-dominated institutions ⓘ
contrastsWith G7 ⓘ
Western-dominated international institutions ⓘ
cooperationArea education ⓘ
energy ⓘ
finance ⓘ
health ⓘ
infrastructure development ⓘ
science and technology ⓘ
economicStatusOfMembers emerging economies ⓘ
focusesOn development finance ⓘ
political coordination ⓘ
reform of international financial institutions ⓘ
trade and investment cooperation ⓘ
fullName BRICS self-link ⓘ
hasAcronymOrigin BRICS self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa
hasCollectiveIdentity Third World ⓘ
surface form: Global South grouping
hasInstitution Contingent Reserve Arrangement ⓘ
New Development Bank ⓘ
hasLaterJoinedMember South Africa ⓘ
hasMember Brazil ⓘ
China ⓘ
India ⓘ
Russia ⓘ
South Africa ⓘ
hasOriginalMember Brazil ⓘ
China ⓘ
India ⓘ
Russia ⓘ
hasSummit BRICS self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: BRICS Summit
holds annual summits ⓘ
languageUsed Chinese ⓘ
English ⓘ
Hindi ⓘ
Portuguese ⓘ
Russian ⓘ
other official languages of member states ⓘ
predecessor BRICS self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: BRIC
purpose development cooperation ⓘ
economic cooperation ⓘ
political cooperation ⓘ
regionServed global ⓘ

Referenced by (13)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

this entity surface form: BRICS member states
this entity surface form: BRICS countries
this entity surface form: BRICS countries
BRICS → fullName → BRICS self-link ⓘ
BRICS → hasAcronymOrigin → BRICS self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa
BRICS → hasSummit → BRICS self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: BRICS Summit
Brazil → memberOf → BRICS ⓘ
India → memberOf → BRICS ⓘ
South Africa → memberOf → BRICS ⓘ
BRICS → predecessor → BRICS self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: BRIC
this entity surface form: BRICS countries