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  "title": "Allocation of Special Drawing Rights For The Eleventh Basic Period: Draft Executive Board Decision and Managing Director Report to the Board of Governors",
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      "content": "- On June 25, 2021, the Executive Board discussed a staff paper setting forth the considerations underlying the case for a general allocation of special drawing rights (SDRs).\n- The paper considered a general allocation of SDRs of an amount equivalent to US$650 billion (about SDR 456 billion) during the Eleventh Basic Period.\n- The discussion addressed the key features that could be included in the Managing Director’s proposal for this general allocation."
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      "heading": "Key facts and figures",
      "content": "- Date of Executive Board discussion: June 25, 2021\n- Proposed allocation amount: US$650 billion\n- Equivalent in SDRs: about SDR 456 billion\n- Publication date: July 12, 2021\n- Pages: 10\n- Volume: 2021\n- Issue: 050\n- Series: Policy Paper No. 2021/050\n- DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9781513585970.007\n- Stock No: PPEA2021050\n- ISBN: 9781513585970\n- ISSN: 2663-3493"
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      "content": "- Central banks\n- COVID-19\n- Health\n- Monetary policy\n- Political economy\n- Reserve assets"
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      "content": "- allocation of special drawing rights\n- COVID-19\n- Global\n- participants SDR holding\n- Reserve assets\n- SDR allocation\n- SDR reporting\n- trading market\n\nInternational Monetary Fund. \"Allocation of Special Drawing Rights For The Eleventh Basic Period: Draft Executive Board Decision and Managing Director Report to the Board of Governors\", Policy Papers 2021, 050 (2021), accessed 9/19/2026, https://doi.org/10.5089/9781513585970.007\n\n---\n\n Content in this bundle\n\n- Policy Paper\n  - Policy Paper (Markdown version){rel=\"alternate\" type=\"text/markdown\"}\n  - Policy Paper (PDF){rel=\"external\" type=\"application/pdf\"}\n\n---\n\nSource: https://www.imf.org/en/publications/policy-papers/issues/2021/07/12/allocation-of-special-drawing-rights-for-the-eleventh-basic-period-461912"
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    "Date of Executive Board discussion: June 25, 2021",
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