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⁰́₋Half Way There, a book that offers a comprehensive account of the five members of the BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) and their relationships with one another and with the rest of the world. It was written following a focused and detailed research trip to each of the five countries, to better understand the countries and to examine the investment potential of each. ⁰́₋The book is designed to provide investors with a better and more acute understanding of the BRICS, so that they can use this knowledge when considering investment,⁰́₊ says Derrick Msibi, managing director of Investment Solutions. Written in an engaging style, the book introduces five unique lenses on these countries, National Scars, National Transitions, Economic Value Chains, Capital Allocation and Political Economics. Each of these analytical lenses helps to enhance the understanding of these countries, or any other, from a potential investor⁰́₉s perspective. The insights gained are both positive and negative, resulting in a sobering and realistic perspective of the BRICS countries, and their prospects. The book ends with a specific focus on South Africa, and extends the lessons in terms of a roadmap for the BRICS⁰́₉s key African representative. Half Way There captures just how far each of the respective BRICS have come, and the bloc as a whole, but also just how much further they still need to go. While the BRICS have gained global prominence with much economic and other succeses over the past two decades, their progress has waned of late. Further success is not necessarily assured and the authors believe that to a greater or lesser extent, the BRICS are thus only Half Way There, with some key challenges ahead. There is little doubt in the minds of Hart and Silverman that the BRICS will become increasingly important on the global stage due to their large populations, growing economies, and rising political influence and power. Fifty contributors, all experts within their fields, have added their perspectives on the BRICS to complement those of the authors. The book also includes comments on a subset of the many corporates that were visited in the five countries.⁰́₊--Publisher⁰́₉s description.