BRICS investment policy in contemporary environment

Abstract

Contemporary instability of the global economy and the consequences of COVID-19 determine the search for new ways to ensure sustainable economic and financial development of any country. This is especially important for developing countries, BRICS in particular. One of the ways of meeting new challenges is to strengthen cooperation between partners, so the paper examines the BRICS countries’ investment policy, seeking to identify new areas of cooperation where harmonious investment could be most beneficial. The research uses comparative, logical, statistical and structural analysis with graphic visualization and interpretation of the obtained results. The authors have been first to identify contemporary investment opportunities for further cooperation within BRICS and to reveal their features in various areas, such as regulation, taxation, labor legislation, infrastructure development. The authors emphasize the necessity of the BRICS member countries’ investment co-operation in reaching the goals of sustainable development and outline the priority areas of investment showing that the BRICS should grant preferential treatment to strategic investments. The paper points out the need to expand the use of national currencies in dealing with green and infrastructure bonds issued to support the national economies and calls for increased participation of BRICS development banks and institutional investors of all forms of ownership in the processes of partnership cooperation.