It also has interests and drawing rights in other plants.

These nations were not members when drawing rights were last issued in 1983.

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.

Special drawing rights are allocated to member countries by the IMF.

The Franc Poincaré has been replaced for most purposes by special drawing rights.

The name may actually derive from an early proposal for IMF "reserve drawing rights".

But these special drawing rights - referred to as S.D.R.'s - never made the expected splash.

He also called for the creation of 26 billion new reserve units, or special drawing rights, with an approximate value of $36 billion.

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.

"It is common knowledge that the Khedive has given him drawing rights of two hundred thousand pounds on the Cairo treasury.

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.

The funding of these development measures are a levy on financial transactions, a cerosine tax or special drawing rights with the IMF.

But under an amendment to the I.M.F.'s charter, new drawing rights are divided among member countries in proportion to their financial contributions to the fund.

For this reason, creating more special drawing rights amounts to allowing I.M.F. countries to borrow more money.

Buenos Aires newspapers had said negotiators were seeking a standby loan of $1.2 billion, plus $350 million in drawing rights to compensate for lost exports.

No Figures Are Set Poor countries have been calling for the creation of 50 billion drawing rights over five years, which would be worth $68.5 billion.

"Drawing rights invalidated."

Special drawing rights are used almost exclusively by international lending institutions and central banks for transactions with one another, like the settlement of loans and trade bills.

Each person worked at what the theocratic bureaucracy determined they were best qualified to do, and each person had equal drawing rights on the labor of others.

Special drawing rights (SDRs)

Hubert Ansiaux was involved in setting up the International Monetary Fund where he would later advocate the creation of the special drawing rights.

In the 1960s, he helped formulate the special drawing rights (SDR) system in a way that would benefit developing as well as industrial countries.

Today's Columns An old idea is being proposed to help Russia: "special drawing rights" from the I.M.F.