BRICS Journal of Economics 1(4): 70-81, doi: 10.38050/2712-7508-2020-1-4-7
Institutionalization of the BRICS discourse: How does the NDB embody the group’s views on global financial governance?
expand article infoValdir da Silva Bezerra

Corresponding author: Valdir da Silva Bezerra ( sb1.valdir@gmail.com )

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Citation: Bezerra VS (2020) Institutionalization of the BRICS discourse: How does the NDB embody the group’s views on global financial governance? BRICS Journal of Economics 1(4): 70-81. https://doi.org/10.38050/2712-7508-2020-1-4-7
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Abstract
The architecture of global financial governance has recently been complemented by emerging economies’ efforts to coordinate policies, as exemplified by new coalitions of states and a new set of non-Western international institutions. BRICS, in its turn, has made a significant contribution in this direction by establishing the New Development Bank — an alternative to traditional mechanisms of financing development projects with an emphasis on sustainability. As a representative of the growing cooperation of the BRICS countries in recent decades, the NDB highlights most of the group’s views on financial governance. This paper applies a qualitative/analytical approach to the BRICS and NDB Communiqués and practices in order to demonstrate how the bank has managed to successfully institutionalize the group’s discourse over time.
Keywords
BRICS, global governance, New Development Bank.