Number: 98-56
Title: THE INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND'S (IMF) PROPOSED QUOTA INCREASE: ISSUES FOR CONGRESS
Authors: Patricia A. Wertman, Economics Division 
Abstract: The IMF is the international lender-of-last-resort. Each of the 182 members of the IMF have a "quota," which broadly reflects the size of its economy and its relative position in the world economy. Among other things, quotas determine the size of a country's contribution to the IMF's capital. This, they provide the funds out of which IMF makes its loans. The Eleventh General Quota Review has just been completed with a recommendation that quotas be increased by 45 percent. This would result in an $88 billion increase in total IMF quotas, to $283 billion.
Pages: 15
Date: Updated January 16, 1998