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                                                                     EXHIBIT 11

                     BALLARD SPAHR ANDREWS & INGERSOLL, LLP
                         1735 MARKET STREET, 51ST FLOOR
                     PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA 19103-7599
                                 (215) 665-8500


                                                                 March 22, 2000

AIM International Funds, Inc.
11 Greenway Plaza
Suite 100
Houston, Texas   77046

         Re:       Shares of Stock of AIM Asian Growth Fund, a Portfolio of
                   AIM International Funds, Inc.

Ladies and Gentlemen:

                     We have acted as counsel to AIM International Funds, Inc.,
a Maryland corporation (the "Company"), in connection with that certain
Agreement and Plan of Reorganization between the Company, acting on behalf of
AIM Asian Growth Fund (the "Acquiring Fund"), an investment portfolio of the
Company, and AIM Growth Series, a Delaware business trust ("AGS"), acting on
behalf of AIM New Pacific Growth Fund (the "Acquired Fund"), an investment
portfolio of AGS (the "Agreement"), and the consummation of the transactions
contemplated therein.

                     The Agreement provides for the combination of AIM New
Pacific Growth Fund with AIM Asian Growth Fund (the "Reorganization"). Pursuant
to the Agreement, all of the assets of the Acquired Fund will be transferred
to the Acquiring Fund, the Acquiring Fund will assume all of the liabilities
of the Acquired Fund and the Company will issue Class A shares of the
Acquiring Fund to the Acquired Fund's Class A shareholders, Class B shares of
the Acquiring Fund to the Acquired Fund's Class B shareholders and Class C
shares of the Acquiring Fund to the Acquired Fund's Class C shareholders. The
value of each Acquired Fund shareholder's account with the Acquiring Fund
immediately after the Reorganization will be the same as the value of such
shareholder's account with the Acquired Fund immediately prior to the
Reorganization.

                     The opinion expressed below is based on the assumption
that a Registration Statement on Form N-14 with respect to the Class A, Class B
and Class C shares of the Acquiring Fund to be issued pursuant to the Agreement
(the "Acquiring Fund Shares") will have been filed


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by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission and will have become
effective before the Reorganization occurs.

                     Based on the foregoing, we are of the opinion that the
Acquiring Fund Shares, when issued by the Company directly to the shareholders
of the Acquired Fund in accordance with the terms and conditions of the
Agreement, will be legally issued, fully paid and nonassessable.

                     We express no opinion concerning the laws of any
jurisdiction other than the federal laws of the United States of America and
the laws of the State of Maryland.

                     We consent to the filing of this opinion as Exhibit 11 to
the Company's Registration Statement on Form N-14 and to the references to this
firm in such Registration Statement.

                                             Very truly yours,

                                   /s/ Ballard Spahr Andrews & Ingersoll, LLP