After years of discussion, the five BRICS nations yesterday agreed to establish a development bank and a framework of currency swaps, dubbed the “Contingency Reserve Arrangement” (CRA). In this Update we answer four key questions about these new institutions and explain why neither is likely to rival the World Bank or IMF any time soon.
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