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The BRICS ’ New Development Bank: Shifting from Material Leverage to Innovative Capacity
Author(s) -
Cooper Andrew F.
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
global policy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.602
H-Index - 33
eISSN - 1758-5899
pISSN - 1758-5880
DOI - 10.1111/1758-5899.12458
Subject(s) - leverage (statistics) , investment banking , regulatory focus theory , corporate governance , business , promotion (chess) , politics , renewable energy , economics , economic system , financial system , finance , political science , management , engineering , electrical engineering , machine learning , computer science , law , task (project management)
This article argues that the BRICS ’ New Development Bank ( NDB ) deserves more attention not because it is equivalent to the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank ( AIIB ) but because of its differences. Unlike the AIIB the NDB does not possess impressive material capacity or overt connections to a wider state‐led geo‐political strategy. What distinguishes the NDB is its creative design with four significant elements of novelty. Unlike other multilateral financial institutions, including the AIIB , the NDB is committed to a principle of equality across its core membership. Product innovation is advanced by its promotion of sustainable development with an exclusive focus on niche clean renewable energy projects. The expressed aim of the NDB with regard to resources is to use green bonds denominated in BRICS ’ national currencies. And the focus on delivery centers on the need for speed. Although each of these elements face severe tests, the ability of the NDB to navigate around serious internal tensions through improvisation and trade‐offs points to an original emerging pattern of collective policy making and global governance.