The book is the outcome of an e-conference held between May and July 2015 on ideas towards the new international financial architecture (IFA) with the people from the World Economics Association.

The BRICS Bank would be less vulnerable if it used non dollar denominated bonds similar to those established by the World Bank in the 1980's.

Given that the BRICS countries all have first tier development banks implies that they also have development bankers who can bring their expertise to the New Development Bank.