The BRICS countries (Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa) are noted for their increasing participation in science and technology. The governments of these countries have been boosting their investments in research and development to become part of the group of nations doing research at a world-class level. This study investigates the development of the BRICS countries in the domain o...

This study examines how the relationship between oil and stock market return of BRICS behaves at different investment horizons. Using data ranging from 2006 to 2020, wavelet MGARCH-DCC found that markets’ Russia, Brazil, South Africa are comparatively more correlated with price across horizons volatile particularly during Covid-19 period. However, China India is less volatile. It also revealed ...

Central bank intervention plays a major role in managing exchange rate volatility. In comparison to advanced economies, emerging market economies are generally active the forex as excessive volatility of local currency persists. The BRICS countries (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) influencing international financial system. paper empirically investigates efficacy central case cou...

End-stage renal disease (ESRD) is an important public health problem, especially in developing countries due to the high level of economic resources needed to maintain patients in the different programs that make up renal replacement therapy (RRT). To analyze the differences and inequalities involved in access to RRT in the BRICS countries (Brazil, Russian Federation, India, China and South Afr...

Brazil, the Russian Federation, India, China and South Africa--the countries known as BRICS--have made considerable progress in vaccine production, regulation and development over the past 20 years. In 1993, all five countries were producing vaccines but the processes used were outdated and non-standardized, there was little relevant research and there was negligible international recognition o...

Over the past decades, BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa) countries have experienced significant economic growth. However, their political voices in global governance not grown on par with surge. The contributions to symposium ‘The BRICS, Global Governance, and Challenges for South–South Cooperation a Post-Western World’ argue there is quest emerging markets developing play more...

Abstract In its Eurasian diplomacy toward Russia and China, India has preferred to engage these states bilaterally through the Brazil–Russia–India–China–South Africa (BRICS) Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) multilateral alignments. By contrast, views Russia–India–China (RIC) triangle as a less effective mechanism. However, despite ongoing militarized crisis with China in spring/summer of...

The objective of this work is to elucidate various essential drugs in the Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa (BRICS) countries. It discusses the opportunities and challenges of the existing biotech infrastructure and the production of drugs and vaccines in member states of the BRICS. This research is based on a systematic literature review between the years 2000 and 2014 of documents...

Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa (BRICS) represent almost half the world's population, and all five national governments recently committed to work nationally, regionally, and globally to ensure that universal health coverage (UHC) is achieved. This analysis reviews national efforts to achieve UHC. With a broad range of health indicators, life expectancy (ranging from 53 years to ...

This study explores the ecological indicators relevant to long-term sustainability by the food-energywater nexus among BRICS (Brazil, the Russian Federation, India, China, and South Africa). The sustainability issue arises with the EKC (environmental Kuznets curve) hypothesis and biodiversity that require proper resource allocation to provide food security among the BRICS countries. This study ...