The change in IMF quotas is a partial and overdue response to the newcomers’ rising economic weight and Europe’s outdated dominance. Indeed, the principle of matching representation to countries’ contributions – sometimes known as the Golden Rule (“He who has the gold, rules”) – is probably one of the reasons that the IMF has usually been more effective than other international organizations (for example, the United Nations General Assembly).
国际货币基金组织配额的变化是对新力量崛起以及欧洲统治衰落的一个局部而滞后的响应。事实上，把各国的赞助额与其责任相匹配的准则——有时被称为黄金准则（“谁拥有黄金，谁制定规则”）——也许是国际货币基金组织通常比其他国际组织（例如联合国大会）更有效的原因。