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The future of the SDR in light of changes in the international financial system : proceedings of a seminar held in Washington, D.C. March 18-19, 1996

Title
The future of the SDR in light of changes in the international financial system : proceedings of a seminar held in Washington, D.C. March 18-19, 1996 / editors, Michael Mussa, James M. Boughton, and Peter Isard.
Publication
Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 1996.

Details

Additional Authors
  • Mussa, Michael.
  • Boughton, James M.
  • Isard, Peter.
  • International Monetary Fund.
Description
xxviii, 435 p. : ill.; 23 cm.
Subject
  • Special drawing rights > Congresses
  • International finance > Congresses
Note
  • Seminar held at the International Monetary Fund.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references.
Contents
High time for a board review / Michel Camdessus, Henry Fowler -- Background and overview / James M. Boughton and Peter Isard -- Creation and evolution of the SDR / Robert Solomon -- The SDR : conditional or unconditional? / W. Max Corden -- The SDR : an historical perspective / Adolfo C. Diz -- The once and future SDR? / Rudolf R. Rhomberg -- The rationale for SDR allocation under the present Articles of Agreement of the International Monetary Fund / Michael Mussa-- SDR allocations and the present Articles of Agreement / Montek Singh Ahluwalia -- Interpreting "long-term global need" / J. de Beaufort Wijnholds -- Rationalizing SDR allocation / John Williamson -- The SDR in the light of the multicurrency system / Christian de Boissieu -- Is there still a rationale for the SDR as a source of unconditional liquidity in the international monetary system? / Helmut Hesse -- The potential of the SDR for improving the international monetary system / Ariel Buira -- A focused SDR allocation / Muhammad Yaqub, Azizali Mohammed, and Iqbal Zaidi -- Should the SDR become the sole financing technique for the IMF? / Jacques J. Polak -- The use of SDRs in the financing of official safety net mechanisms / Marcello de Cecco and Francesco Giavazzi -- The potential role of the SDR in improving the reserve system / Zhu Xiaohua -- Does the world need a new official safety net to deal with potential financial crisis? / György Surányi -- The SDR and its characteristics as an asset : an appraisal / K. Alec Chrystal -- Currency baskets as international units of account / Holger C. Wolf -- Does the world of the SDR still exist? -- The SDR as an international means of payment / H. Robert Heller -- The SDR, reserve currencies, and the future of the international monetary system / Barry Eichengreen and Jeffrey A. Frankel.
Call Number
JBE 96-3047
ISBN
155775604X
LCCN
96036220
OCLC
35280673
Title
The future of the SDR in light of changes in the international financial system : proceedings of a seminar held in Washington, D.C. March 18-19, 1996 / editors, Michael Mussa, James M. Boughton, and Peter Isard.
Imprint
Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 1996.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references.
Added Author
Mussa, Michael.
Boughton, James M.
Isard, Peter.
International Monetary Fund.
Research Call Number
JBE 96-3047
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