Public Information Notice: Managing Director Reports to IMF Board of Governors on Possible General SDR Allocation
January 10, 2002
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SDR Allocation in the Eighth Basic Period—Basic Considerations
![](/external/gifs/space.gif) Prepared by the Research and Treasurer's Departments
![](/external/gifs/space.gif) (In consultation with other Departments)
November 16, 2001
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Contents
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Introduction
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Framework for Considering General Allocations
- Long-Term Global Need
- The Role of the SDR
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SDR Allocations Made by the Fund
- The Allocation of SDRs
- The Pattern of SDR Holdings
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Long-Term Global Need—Review of Evidence
- Projected Reserve Demand
- Considerations Relating to Use of SDRs to Supplement Other Reserve Assets
- Macroeconomic and Financial Conditions and an Allocation of SDRs
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Issues for Discussion
Text Tables:
- Allocations of SDRs—Amount and Timing
- Ratio of SDR Holdings to Allocations
- Worldwide Nongold Reserves, 1970–2005
Text Figures:
- Share of SDRs in World Reserves, 1970–2000
- SDR Allocations and Holdings by Participants, September 2001
- The Mean Ratio of Nongold Reserves to Imports of Goods and Services, 1985–2000
- The Median Ratio of Nongold Reserves to Short-Term Debt, 1985–2000
- Emerging Market Bond Spread, 1992–2001
Text Boxes:
- Seminar on the Future of the SDR
- Financial Implications of Acquiring, Holding, and Using SDRs
- Proposals for Allocating and Redistributing SDRs
- The Fourth Amendment
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