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December 21, 2011

Securities and Exchange Commission

100 F Street, N.E.

Washington, DC 20549

RE:	iShares, Inc.
	File Nos. 333-97598 and 811-09102
	Post-Effective Amendment No. 160

Ladies and Gentlemen:

Pursuant to Rule 461 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the iShares, Inc. (the “Company”) hereby respectfully requests acceleration of the effective date of Post-Effective Amendment No. 160 to its Registration Statement on Form N-1A, relating to the iShares MSCI Emerging Markets Energy Sector Capped Index Fund (the “Fund”), a series of the Company, so that it will become effective on December 28, 2011, or as soon thereafter as practicable.

Previous filings relating to the Fund are:

PEA No.	Date Filed	Form Type	Automatic Effective Date
160	November 1, 2011	485APOS	75 days after filing

We request that we be notified of such effectiveness by a telephone call to Benjamin Haskin of Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP at (202) 303-1124.

The Company hereby acknowledges that, if the Securities and Exchange Commission (or its staff, acting pursuant to delegated authority) declares the filing effective, such action:

(i) does not foreclose the Commission from taking any action with respect to the filing;

(ii) does not relieve the Company from its full responsibility for the adequacy and accuracy of the disclosure in the filing; and

(iii) may not be asserted by the Company as a defense in any proceeding initiated by the Commission or any person under the federal securities laws of the United States.

Very Truly Yours,

iShares, Inc.

By:	/s/ Jack Gee
	Jack Gee
	Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer

SEI Investments Distribution Co.

By:	/s/ John Munch
	John Munch
	Secretary

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