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AbstractGaining greater knowledge of the characteristics of large firms that dominate the global economy is an inherently important endeavour. Brazil, Russia, India and China (the BRIC economies) have gained influence in the global economy and this is reflected in the increasing weight of their companies in Fortune Global 500 rankings. Uneven access to data and information makes understanding the strategy, structure, ownership and performance of large business an ambitious programme of research. The BRIC economies are different from each other and this is also true as far as the heights of their respective business worlds are considered. But they also share some crucial features: concentrated ownership, with governments and families at the helm, diversification and internationalisation.

This paper examines financing for development trends, actors and policies since the 2002 Monterrey Conference and the new role acquired by the South-South dimension. In particular, we highlight the changing role of South-South cooperation, to reflect tectonic shifts in the global economy and as reflected in the new discourse on global development that has emerged since the 2011 Busan High-Level Forum on Aid Effectiveness and the 2012 Rio+20 UN Conference on Sustainable Development. We complement the analysis of major policy statements and the application of relevant principles with a case study on how the different geographical (North-South, South-South, triangular) and functional (ODA, FDI, trade, remittances, etc.) dimensions of development finance are playing out in Myanmar, arguably the last country to open up to political and economic liberalization.