India wants realignment of voting rights at IMF
16 Apr 2007
Washington: India wants realignment of voting rights at the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to provide greater voice to under-represented countries.
Reserve Bank of India (RBI) deputy governor Rakesh Mohan addressing the World Bank-IMF annual meeting said, "The fundamental (voice and quota) reform has to come by giving greater share to the under-represented countries while that of the over-represented countries would need to come down."
Elaborating
on quota and voice reforms, he said IMF needed to adopt
a simple, transparent and linear quota formula to meet
current global reality. He suggested a new formula, which
should take into account Gross Domestic Product (GDP)
computed entirely on purchasing power parity (PPP) basis
as half-way blending of GDP at market rate with GDP on
PPP would not meet the objectives of reforms.
A
broader representation of developing countries would enhance
the acceptability, ownership and effectiveness of the
Fund''s programmes and policies, he said in his address.