Supriya Roychoudhury is a researcher, published author and commentator on "south-south" development cooperation issues, specializing in Indian development cooperation policy. She previously led Oxfam India’s foreign policy program.
With a focus on sustainable development, the BRICS-led New Development Bank claims to be different from its counterparts in the West. But the bank needs to clearly define what sustainable development means, in practical terms, if it is to be successful in the longer term.