The future of the SDR in light of changes in the international financialsystem

"Proceedings of a seminar held in Washington, D.C., March 18-19, 1996."

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 Moh