Front Matter Page
Quotas—Updated Calculations and Quota Variables, Statistical Appendix, and The Acting
Chair’s Summing Up of the Board Meeting
August 27, 2009
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Front Matter Page
INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Quotas—Updated Calculations and Quota Variables
Prepared by the Finance Department
In consultation with the Statistics and other departments
Approved by Andrew Tweedie
August 27, 2009
Contents
I. Introduction
II. Updated Quota Calculations
A. The Data Set
B. Updated Quota Calculations
III. Stocktaking of Issues with Formula Variables
A. Trade Openness
B. Intra-Currency Union Flows
C. Financial Openness
D. Variability
IV. Illustrative Simulations
V. Conclusions and Issues for Discussion
Tables
1. Evolution of Quota Shares by Major Country Groups
2. Distribution of Quotas and Updated Quota Variables
3. Distribution of Quotas and Calculated Quotas
4. Top 10 Positive and Negative Changes in Calculated Quota Shares
5. Intra Currency Union Trade—Calculated Quotas Shares
6. Measures of Financial Openness.
7. Alternative Measures of Variability—Shares of Variable
8. Alternative Measures of Variability—Shares of Variable
9. Illustrative Quota Simulations
Appendix
I. Selection of the Database, Derivation of Quota Variables, and Other Issues
Front Matter Page
INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Quotas – Updated Calculations and Quota Variables Statistical Appendix
Prepared by the Finance Department
In consultation with the Statistics and other departments
Approved by Andrew Tweedie
August 27, 2009
Contents
Tables
A1. Distribution of Quotas and Updated Quota Variables—By Member (In SDR millions)
A2. Distribution of Quotas and Updated Quota Variables—By Member (in percent)
A3. Distribution of Quotas and Calculated Quotas—By Member (in percent)
A4. Out-of-Lineness—By Member
A5. Intra Currency Union Trade—Calculated Quota Shares—By Member
A6. Measures of Financial Openness—By Member (In SDR millions)
A7. Measures of Financial Openness—By Member (in percent)
A8. Alternative Measures of Variability—Shares of Variable—By Member
A9. Alternative Measures of Variability—Shares of Variable—By Member
A10. Illustrative Quota Simulations—By Member