Exhibit (q.3)
                                POWER OF ATTORNEY
                                 WITH RESPECT TO
                         iSHARES TRUST and iSHARES, INC.

Know all persons by these presents that Michael A. Latham, a Trustee and
President and Chief Executive Officer of iShares Trust (the "Trust") and a
Director and President and Chief Executive Officer of iShares, Inc. (the
"Company") (together, the "Companies"), whose name and signature appears below,
constitutes and appoints, Geoffrey D. Flynn, Jack Gee, Margery K. Neale and
Barry P. Barbash, as his attorneys-in-fact, with power of substitution, and each
of them in any and all capacities, to sign (i) any registration statement on
Form N-1A, Form N-14 or any other applicable registration form under the
Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, and/or under the Securities Act of
1933, as amended, and any and all amendments thereto, filed by the Companies of
which he is now or is on the date of such filing a Trustee of the Trust or
Director of the Company, (ii) any application, notice or other filings with the
Securities and Exchange Commission and any and all amendments thereto, and (iii)
any and all other documents and papers, including any exhibits, in connection
therewith, and generally to do all such things in his name and on his behalf in
the capacities indicated to enable the Companies to comply with the Investment
Company Act of 1940, as amended, and/or the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
and the rules thereunder, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said
attorneys-in-fact, or their substitute or substitutes, may do or cause to be
done by virtue hereof. Should any of those constituted and appointed as
attorneys-in-fact hereby no longer be employed by their respective current
employer, this Power of Attorney shall terminate and be void as to such
attorney-in-fact.

                                                                     May 1, 2010

/s/ Michael A. Latham
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Name: Michael A. Latham