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Asian countries at G20 seek greater say in IMF

Afp, Xianghe, China
Asian countries at a meeting of finance ministers from the world's 20 most important economies are seeking greater weight in the International Monetary Fund (IMF), delegates said Saturday.
The issue is among the most controversial at the Group of 20 meeting, which gathers the seven richest nations such as the United States and Japan and the largest developing countries, including China and Indonesia, said delegates.
"Many countries including Canada feel that ... Asia is underrepresented at the IMF, that they don't have enough representation at the board and that their quota is not high enough," said a delegate speaking on condition of anonymity.
"Whether the G20 will be able to resolve that or not, I don't know."
"What it's really about is whether these important international institutions like the IMF or the World Bank will reflect the reality of the world now or whether they will reflect the reality of the world 20 years ago," said the delegate.
The IMF now counts 184 member countries but its decision-making board remains dominated by its
biggest shareholders: the United States, Japan and European countries.
The organisation has always been led by a European, while the World Bank chief has traditionally been an American. Debate about whether that arrangement remains tenable has flared in recent years.
IMF chief Rodrigo Rato told reporters Saturday a review of the quotas to allow countries with a bigger weight in the world economy to have a bigger role in the fund is a "very important step."
He said he hoped for agreement on reforms at the annual meeting of the IMF and World Bank in Singapore next
September.
Martin Redrado, Argentina's central bank governor, said the discussions on the issue Saturday were "good and thorough".
"Something will clearly materialize next year in particular in giving to emerging economies and in particular countries like China more representation in terms of voting power and in terms of shares," Redrado said.
The issue is especially important to countries like China, Japan, Thailand and Singapore -- all major economic players, delegates said.