Trustnet Magazine 70 February 2021 | Page 22

Danielle Levy finds out which frontier nations could power the emerging markets sector over the next 20 years
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Danielle Levy finds out which frontier nations could power the emerging markets sector over the next 20 years

New kids on the BRICs

The BRIC acronym was

coined in 2001 for four countries poised to experience profound growth and structural change . Twenty years on , Brazil and Russia have fallen away after a strong start , and while the outlook for India remains promising , China is in a class of its own . So where will the drivers of emerging market growth come from over the next 20 years ? T . Rowe Price Frontier Markets Equity ’ s Johannes Loefstrand says the starting point is countries with more than 100 million people and underdeveloped economies that have shown sustained structural growth .
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