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                                                                      EXHIBIT 11


                     BALLARD SPAHR ANDREWS & INGERSOLL, LLP

                         1735 MARKET STREET, 51ST FLOOR
                      PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA 19103-7599
                                 (215) 665-8500

                                                               November 13, 1998


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

         Re: Shares of Stock
         AIM International Funds, Inc.

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 International
Equity Fund and AIM Global Growth Fund (the "Acquiring Funds"), each an
investment portfolio of the Company, and AIM Growth Series, a Delaware business
trust ("AGS"), acting on behalf of AIM International Growth Fund and AIM
Worldwide Growth Fund (the "Acquired Funds"), each an investment portfolio of
AGS (the "Agreement"), and the consummation of the transactions contemplated
therein.

         The Agreement provides for the combination of AIM International Growth
Fund with AIM International Equity Fund and the combination of AIM Worldwide
Growth Fund with AIM Global Growth Fund (the "Reorganizations"). Pursuant to the
Agreement, all of the assets of an Acquired Fund will be transferred to the
Acquiring Fund with which it will combine, 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 and Advisor Class
shareholders, and Class B shares of the Acquiring Fund to the Acquired Fund's
Class B 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.


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         The opinion expressed below is based on the assumption that a
Registration Statement on Form N-14 with respect to the Class A and Class B
shares of the Acquiring Funds to be issued pursuant to the Agreement (the
"Acquiring Fund Shares") will have been filed by the Company with the Securities
and Exchange Commission and will have become effective before the
Reorganizations occur.

         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
Funds 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 law of the United States of America and the law 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




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