## 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, July 12, 2021_

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## Bibliographic details
- Published: July 12, 2021
- Series: Policy Papers
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9781513585970.007

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### Summary
- 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).
- 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.
- The discussion addressed the key features that could be included in the Managing Director’s proposal for this general allocation.

### Key facts and figures
- Date of Executive Board discussion: June 25, 2021
- Proposed allocation amount: US$650 billion
- Equivalent in SDRs: about SDR 456 billion
- Publication date: July 12, 2021
- Pages: 10
- Volume: 2021
- Issue: 050
- Series: Policy Paper No. 2021/050
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9781513585970.007
- Stock No: PPEA2021050
- ISBN: 9781513585970
- ISSN: 2663-3493

### Subjects
- Central banks
- COVID-19
- Health
- Monetary policy
- Political economy
- Reserve assets

### Keywords
- allocation of special drawing rights
- COVID-19
- Global
- participants SDR holding
- Reserve assets
- SDR allocation
- SDR reporting
- trading market

*International 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*

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