Finance chiefs inch toward IMF vote agreement
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Global finance chiefs on Saturday made progress on reforms that would give emerging economies a greater say in the International Monetary Fund and expressed confidence they could seal a deal next year.
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Finance leaders from the world's richest  nations pledged on Saturday to work together to stabilize world  financial markets shaken by the U.S. housing debacle that is  puncturing global economic growth.
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Group of Seven finance officials are likely to press this weekend for greater currency flexibility in Asia, but analysts doubt China will be singled out to any greater degree than it was in the last meeting.
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Reforms of the IMF's voting and financial structures give China and other emerging economies more influence.
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The world's major economic powers were far apart Saturday on agreeing how to provide debt relief for Iraq and the poorest nations, as finance officials began broader discussions about the global economy.
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The Group of Seven finance ministers and central bank governors gathering in Tokyo on Saturday will reaffirm their determination to ensure financial stability, according to a draft G7 statement obtained by Reuters.
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The International Monetary Fund starts talks with Kenya which could result in the release of a delayed loan to the country.
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Pressure mounted on Sunday on a clutch of mainly developing countries to sign off on debt relief for Liberia held up over how to finance the International Monetary Fund's portion of the deal.
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Leading IMF members agree to back proposed reforms giving more voting rights to emerging economies.
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WASHINGTON The world&#39;s economic powers, which ended three days of meetings yesterday, insisted they are moving closer to a deal on debt relief for Iraq and other poor nations even though an agreement has proved elusive.
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French President Nicolas Sarkozy and German Chancellor Angela Merkel called here on Monday for more transparency on international finance markets.
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Finance chiefs from the biggest developing economies on Saturday pushed the Group of Seven (G7) industrialized nations for a seat at the high table of global economic policy making.
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Finance Minister P Chidambaram will lead a high-level delegation for the annual IMF-World Bank meeting in Washington from October 1, where New Delhi would press for higher aid flows for infrastructure and social development.
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Global finance ministers gather in Washington for simultaneous meetings of the G7, World Bank and International Monetary Fund.
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An IMF team is in Zimbabwe as it tries to decide what to do about Harare's outstanding debt to the fund.
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Facing a global economy on the mend but threatened by surging oil prices and other factors, IMF and World Bank policymakers opened two days of meetings Saturday to discuss ways to keep the recovery on track.
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The 24 member policy making group of the International Monetary Fund met Saturday in Washington and failed to reach consensus on implementing a more generous debt relief program for the world&#39;s poorest countries.