The Franc Poincaré has been replaced for most purposes by special drawing rights.
But these special drawing rights - referred to as S.D.R.'s - never made the expected splash.
Another example is the special drawing rights of the International Monetary Fund.
And in the spring it began selling its shares on secondary international markets in the form of American drawing rights.
The senior I.M.F. official suggested that creating more special drawing rights, which allow the additional borrowing for member countries, might be part of the answer.
Special drawing rights are allocated to member countries by the IMF.
If the IMF wants to widen its freedom to take action by increasing the special drawing rights, then we are prepared to talk about it.
A regular rise in quotas and the issuing of special drawing rights is needed, in accordance with the growth of the world economy.
He also called for the creation of 26 billion new reserve units, or special drawing rights, with an approximate value of $36 billion.
It was replaced with the special drawing right.
