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BRICS and African Region Partnership: Challenges and Opportunities

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  • Muhammad Atif

    (Phd Scholar, Institute of Social Sciences, Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan, Punjab, Pakistan.)

  • Muqarrab Akbar

    (Professor/Chairman, Department of Political Science, Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan, Punjab, Pakistan.)

Abstract

BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) has amplified its regional and global impact. The economic success of BRICS is a motivation to Africa because BRICS and African region have a similar historical background. The partnership between Africa and the BRICS has extended fresh drive and created ample interest in last decades because BRICS is playing an important role in international trade, investment and global governance. Growing economic relations of the BRICS with African region can be exemplary for global world. These relations are prospective of a suitable way of economic change and sustainable progress in the African region. The resource of African region makes many opportunities and challenges among BRICS- African regions partnership. The interest of western powers also prevail in the African region. This article commences a fair inquiry of the BRICS relation with African region, possible opportunities and challenges.

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  • Muhammad Atif & Muqarrab Akbar, 2019. "BRICS and African Region Partnership: Challenges and Opportunities," Global Political Review, Humanity Only, vol. 4(4), pages 59-69, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:aaw:gprjrn:v:4:y:2019:i:4:p:59-69
    DOI: 10.31703/gpr.2019(IV-IV).07
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    Keywords

    BRICS; Global Governance; Regionalism; WTO; United Nations; African Region; Africa;
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    JEL classification:

    • R00 - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics - - General - - - General
    • Z0 - Other Special Topics - - General

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