Interpretation:The IMF and International Law

This work concentrates largely on the practice of the IMF in matters of interpretation. The work shows that the motive for resorting to interpretation is not always the obscurity or ambiguity of texts. Other considerations may be taken into account, such as demonstrating that consensus or broad agreement exists on a particular decision.

<p class=copymedium>The motive for an interpretative decision may be to prevent the appearance of dictation by one class of members to another class. A similar motive helps to explain why special majorities of the total voting power of all members are required by the treaty for specified categories of decisions.