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CHAPTER 2
Future of BRICS as an Economic Block: Does Macroeconomic Heterogeneity and Unshared Political Mandate Stand in Its Way?
Partha Ray
Economics Group, Indian Institute of Management Calcutta, Kolkata, India
Introduction