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- ↑ "Jamaica Agreement".
- ↑ Helm, George (1977). "Jamaica and the Par-Value System" (PDF). Princeton. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2017-06-18.
- ↑ "IMF Annual Report 1976" (PDF).
- ↑ Hirsch, Fred (1977). Alternatives to Monetary Disorder. McGraw Hill.
- ↑ McKinnon, Ronald (Spring 2009), "Reconsidering XDRs", Harvard International Review, p. 7, retrieved June 19, 2011[ permanent dead link ]
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