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IMF Quotas -- A Factsheet
A Factsheet

Report to the IMF Executive Board of the Quota Formula Review Group
April 28, 2000



External Review of Quota Formulas: Quantification

Prepared by the Treasurer's and Statistics Departments
In Consultation with Other Departments

April 12, 2001

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Contents

  1. Introduction

  2. The Data

  3. Results of Quantification

  4. Conclusion

Text Tables

  1. Illustrative Quota Calculations for 74 Fund Members by Major Country Group

  2. Average Contribution of Variables to Calculated Quotas

Appendices

  1. Selection of Database and Derivation of Quota Variables

  2. Traditional Quota Formulas

Appendix Tables

  1. Illustrative Quota Calculations for 74 Fund Members

  2. Data Used for Quota Calculations with Traditional Formulas

  3. Data Used for QFRG Formula Calculations

Appendix Boxes

  1. Capital Flows: Data Problems

  2. Revisions in IFS Methodology