Investing in BRIC Countries: Evaluating Risk and Governance in Brazil, Russia, India, and China

Chart a course for success in the fertile terrain of BRIC investing!

The world’s largest and fastest-growing emerging markets are those of the BRIC nations—Brazil, Russia, India, and China. Combined, these countries house more than 40 percent of the world’s population, and their respective GDPs are growing at an impressive rate.

This economic success comes partly from a trend toward good corporate governance, a concept virtually unheard of in these four nations just a decade ago. Still, the...