In 2010 the BRIC countries (the “S” for South Africa was added in 2011) had their second summit in Brasília. During that meeting the organization of an academic forum was officially approved, as a channel for civil society and academia with regard to issues related to these five countries.

Being the official Brazilian think-tank to the BRICS, Ipea had the responsibility for organizing and coordinating the works of both the BRICS Think-Tank Council and the BRICS Academic Forum. Both took place in March 2014, in Rio de Janeiro.

This volume disseminates most of the works presented and debated during the VI BRICS Academic Forum. We had no less than fifty presentations, and most of them are reproduced here.

BAUMANN, Renato; FARIAS, Tamara Gregol de. VI BRICS Academic Forum. Brasília: IPEA; FUNAG, 2015. Disponível em: http://www.ipea.gov.br/portal/images/stories/PDFs/livros/livros/livro_forum_brics Acesso em fevereiro de 2015.