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The Goldman Sachs reports cited and analysed in this paper (provided on demand by the Goldman Sachs Germany AG) are:
- Goldman Sachs. (2001) Global Economics Paper No. 66. Building Better Global Economic BRICs.
- Goldman Sachs. (2003) Global Economics Paper No. 99. Dreaming with BRICs: The Path to 2050.
- Goldman Sachs. (2004) CEO Confidential. The BRICs and Global Markets: Crude, Cars and Capital.
- Goldman Sachs. (2005) Global Economics Paper No. 134. How Solid are the BRICs?
- Goldman Sachs. (2007) BRICs and Beyond [a publication by the Goldman Sachs Global Economics Group].
Additional publications by former Goldman Sachs chief economist (2001–2010) and current head of Goldman Sachs asset management Jim O'Neill:
- O'Neill, J. (2005) ‘Emerging nation markets must come on board in effort to achieve broader dollar decline’, Financial Times, 22 April, p. 18.
- O'Neill, J. (2006) ‘Globalisation should be praised – not diminished’, Financial Times, 14 September, p. 16.
- O'Neill, J. (2007) ‘The Brics economies must help form world policy’, Financial Times, 23 January, p. 15.
- O'Neill, J. (2010) ‘Jim O'Neill on two Brazilian Presidents’, Financial Times, 24 September.
- O'Neill, J. (2011) The Growth Map: Economic Opportunity in the BRICs and Beyond, Penguin, London.