POLSCI 1G06 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: International Development Association, United Nations General Assembly, International Trade

• School: McMaster University
• Department: Political Science
• Course: POLSCI 1G06
• Professor: Todd Alway

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Political science 1g06 2013 ii lecture 10b international organizations. On one level, the international monetary fund has a degree of autonomy that most other international organizations lack. Specifically, in terms of its operational budget (although not its loan budget) the. Having said this, the ability of the organization to exercise that autonomy is largely constrained by its most powerful members. Decisions in the imf are not made on the basis of one state one vote (as is the case in the un general assembly) They are made on a weighted basis: weighted according to a state"s financial contribution to the organization. The net effect is that certain economically powerful states have a far greater. The united states, since it has contributed the most to the fund, has close to 17% of percentage of the total votes than others the total voting power in the organization.