Resources
Special Drawing Rights: Factsheet
Why a New Issuance is Necessary and Feasible at this time and Would Save Many Lives SDRs
Report: Special Drawing Rights One Year Later
How countries used the 2021 SDR issuance
Report: The Case for More Special Drawing Rights
Why “re-channeling” is no substitute for a new SDR issuance
Letters from Civil Society
Hundreds of civil society organizations have called for a new SDR issuance for the US, and the world
Adapting Our Financial Architecture in a Crisis-Prone World
A Civil Society Proposal for Special Drawing Rights Reform
Report: The World Economy Needs a Stimulus
A comprehensive guide to why the world needs a new SDR issuance today
Two-pager: quick facts on SDRs
The two-page summary to spread the word about how SDRs can be a part of a global response to crises.
Dozens of members of Congress have shown their support for a new SDR issuance
“We further request the G7 to support an on-lending mechanism that channels, on a mutually agreed basis, SDRs to low-income and middle-income countries.”
Letters from Civil Society
Hundreds of civil society organizations representing millions of people — in the US and around the world — have called for a new issuance of SDRs, including through the following letters:
See a full list of organizations that support a new SDR issuance here.
Letters from Congress
Dozens of current members of Congress, as well as former members such as Republican senator Sam Brownback, have called for a new issuance of SDRs, including through multiple letters to President Biden and Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen:
October 2023, 53 members of the House and 6 senators call for a new issuance of SDRs
July 2022, 31 members of the House and 13 senators call for a new issuance of SDRs
See a full list of members of Congress that support a new SDR issuance here.