01575cas a2200241 a 4500 AALejournalIMF009108 230101c9999 xx r poo 0 0eng d 5.00 USD 9781451920796 1018-5941 BD-DhAAL BD-DhAAL Thakur, Subhash. The "Hard" SDR : An Exploratory Analysis / Subhash Thakur. Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 1994. 1 online resource (58 pages) IMF Working Papers <strong>Off-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required <strong>On-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required Electronic access restricted to authorized BRAC University faculty, staff and students There has been considerable interest in recent years in the possibility of hardening the SDR, motivated by the desire for an international yardstick of monetary stability. This paper explores various ideas aimed at hardening the SDR in the light of the previous debate on the valuation of the SDR. The paper shows that the construction and implementation of a 'hard' SDR which would preserve its purchasing power over goods and services is technically feasible and illustrates this by monthly computations covering the period from July 1974 to July 1993. Mode of access: Internet IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 1994/025 Full text available on IMF http://elibrary.imf.org/view/journals/001/1994/025/001.1994.issue-025-en.xml IMF e-Library