BRICS+ as a Factor of Economic Growth and Investment Development

Abstract

The subject of the research is the BRICS countries activities. The purpose of the work is to assess the initiatives for creating the intergovernmental cooperation format BRICS+ as a factor of economic development of member states, as well as to suggest ways of the interaction mechanism perfection in the fields of trade, investments, multilateral cooperation of development banks, creating international financial centers and payment systems and making use of national currencies in mutual settlements. It is concluded that it is necessary to form favorable conditions for cooperation within new regional associations with the leading role of Russia, India and China. The urgency of the research lies in the fact that the assessment of achievements and prospects of the countries in the spheres of finance, trade and investments presented in the research allows to draw a conclusion about a positive character of the initiative to create the intergovernmental cooperation format BRICS+ and about advisability to expand multilateral interactions through trade agreements with mutual settlements in national currencies of partner countries, through simplification of investment mechanisms and their respective financial provision, primarily in financing major infrastructural projects that have an integration effect. The authors argue for the importance to create a decentralized integration model of interaction for parties via cooperating of a bigger number of participants, which will enable developing countries to meet global challenges and to solve developmental problems effectively. The authors also emphasize that the creation of BRICS+ is a significant initiative that will contribute to fulfilling the tasks formulated in the President of the Russian Federation V. V. Putin Decree “About national goals and strategic objectives of the RF development for the period till 2024” and in his message to the Federal Assembly on 20.02.2019.