IMF Quotas -- A Factsheet

External Review of Quota Formulas: Quantification
April 12, 2001

Report to the IMF Executive Board of the Quota Formula Review Group

Report to the IMF Executive Board of the Quota Formula Review Group - Statistical Appendix - Part A

Report to the IMF Executive Board of the Quota Formula Review Group - Statistical Appendix - Part B

Staff Commentary on the External Review of the Quota Formulas



Report to the IMF Executive Board of the Quota Formula Review Group

Annex

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Contents


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Note 1.   The Nonlinear Element in the Existing Quota Formulas

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Note 2.   The Demand for International Reserves
— A Review of the Literature

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Note 3.   The Role of Quotas in Determining Voting Power

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Note 4.   Convergence Over Time of Actual Quotas Toward Calculated Quotas

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Note 5.   Conversion of GDP into a Common Currency

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Note 6.   Capital Account Variables in the Quota Formulas

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Note 7.   Balance of Payments Data Used in the Quota Formulas

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Note 8.   Measures of Variability in Countries' External Transactions

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Note 9.   The Implications of European Union for Data on External Transactions in the Quota Formulas