International Liquidity and the Role of the SDR in the International Monetary System /

This paper describes how the changed conditions in the international monetary system have undermined the role originally envisaged for the SDR. It argues that the concept of a global stock of international liquidity, which was fundamental to the creation of the SDR, is now no longer relevant. Noneth...

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Glavni avtor: Polak, J.
Drugi avtorji: Clark, Peter
Format: Revija
Jezik:English
Izdano: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2002.
Serija:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2002/217
Online dostop:Full text available on IMF
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