International reserve units created by the International Monetary Fund in 1969 to supplement the limited supplies of gold and dollars which had been the prime stable monetary assets. By 1986, $342.1 billion worth of SDRs had been allocated by the IMF to member countries according to a formula based on their IMF assessments .... From 1974 to 1980, the SDR was pegged to a 16-currency basket. Since 1981, the value of the SDR has been based on a basket of currencies of the Group of 5, which comprises France, Japan, the United Kingdom, the United States, and Western Germany.-- Dictionary of International Relations Terms, p. 93.--P.Hajnal's note.
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