Special Drawing Rights

Views Updated: Dec 15, 2025

Key Facts

Abbreviation
SDR
Pronunciation
/ˈspɛʃəl drɔɪŋ raɪts/
Category
Governmental
Related Field
United Nations

Examples in Context

  1. The money would come from the International Monetary Fund, from financial instruments known as special drawing rights.
  2. Balance-of-payments deficits are increasingly financed by special drawing rights at the International Monetary Fund.
  3. Such a solution is readily available in the form of special drawing rights.
  4. Other potential solutions would include the IMF creating more special drawing rights, an intergovernmental currency.
  5. Several proposals are floating around for how this could be achieved, for example the creation of special reserve baskets or the use of the International Monetary Fund's special drawing rights.

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