Exhibit J

                       CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS

We hereby consent to the incorporation by reference in this Post-Effective
Amendment No.26 to the registration statement on Form N-1A ("Registration
Statement") of our report dated October 4, 2002 relating to the financial
statements and financial highlights which appear in the August 31, 2002 Annual
Report to Shareholders of the iShares MSCI Australia Index Fund, iShares MSCI
Austria Index Fund, iShares MSCI Belgium Index Fund, iShares MSCI Brazil Index
Fund, iShares MSCI Canada Index Fund, iShares MSCI EMU Index Fund, iShares MSCI
France Index Fund, iShares MSCI Germany Index Fund, iShares MSCI Hong Kong Index
Fund, iShares MSCI Italy Index Fund, iShares MSCI Japan Index Fund, iShares MSCI
Malaysia Index Fund, iShares MSCI Mexico Index Fund, iShares MSCI Netherlands
Index Fund, iShares MSCI Pacific ex-Japan Index Fund, iShares MSCI Singapore
Index Fund, iShares MSCI South Korea Index Fund, iShares MSCI Spain Index Fund,
iShares MSCI Sweden Index Fund, iShares MSCI Switzerland Index Fund, iShares
MSCI Taiwan Index Fund, and iShares MSCI United Kingdom Index Fund, each a
series of iShares, Inc. which is also incorporated by reference into the
Registration Statement. We also consent to the references to us under the
headings "Financial Highlights", "Independent Auditors" and "Financial
Statements" in such Registration Statement.

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

San Francisco, California
December 26, 2002