We're surely going to see some of that on Monday, at the G20 Leaders' Summit.

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That plan had been shot down by euro-zone leaders at the G20 summit in Cannes, triggering Mr Papandreou's decision on November 6th to step down (see Charlemagne).

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Not to be outdone by the G20 summit, Silvio Berlusconi says the summit will encompass leaders representing 90% of the global economy, with 40 countries and international organisations expected to attend.

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So is it safe to say that an option to boost IMF resources is off the table at this G20 summit, and rather leaders are talking about technical aspects of IMF, how IMF can help Europeans?

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World leaders have welcomed the outcome of the G20 summit and pledged to make progress before a second summit in April.

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And finally, since many of the leaders here were also at the recent G20 summit, we continued our efforts to get the global economy to grow faster.

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Prime Minister Brown wants a strong commitment from fellow leaders of the developed world at the G20 summit next month, but many are more concerned about their own economies than the state of Africa.

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Meanwhile, leaders from the G20 countries headed to Washington for an economic summit, dubbed Bretton Woods 2 , on November 15th that will discuss reform of the world's financial system.

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In the hope of shifting the conversation away from currencies, South Korean officials have been pushing the idea that G20 leaders embrace goals for current-account surpluses and deficits at the Seoul summit.

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On Wednesday, the prime minister said Britain was working with world leaders towards a "global deal and grand bargain" to deal with the economic downturn ahead of the G20 economic summit in London in April.

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