Size, population, GDP: The BRICS nations in numbers

Officials from Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa gather in Johannesburg on Tuesday for a three-day BRICS summit, a five-nation club comprising 40% of the world’s population and more than 25 percent of global GDP that positions itself as an economic counterweight to the West. Almost 15 years on from the group’s founding, FRANCE 24 takes a look at the BRICS nations in numbers … Read more

G20 finance ministers meet as UNDP warns of ‘human cost of inaction’ on debt

Issued on: 17/07/2023 – 10:36 05:19 BUSINESS DAILY © FRANCE 24 US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen has called on rich countries to speed up debt relief to developing nations ahead of the G20 finance ministers’ meeting in India this week. Her call comes as a new report by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) shows … Read more