On September 16th, a strategy paper by four leading members of Germany's ruling coalition argued strongly against delay.

ECONOMIST: The single currency

However, the party is not in power at the moment and the ruling Congress party did make encouraging noises by publishing a detailed discussion paper on the benefits of liberalisation last summer.

ECONOMIST: Retailing in India

"The cause of the tiff - partisan disbursement of state patronage to members of the ruling party - too is symptomatic of a deeper malaise, " the paper said.

BBC: India's 'imitation' democracy

As Devesh Kapur and Pratap Bhanu Mehta argued in a paper, political instability and a divided parliament - with the ruling coalition often a minority in the upper house - contributed to the slowing down of output.

BBC: Deja vu hits India's parliament

Lawmakers told the mission that Congress would reject any economic salvage plan that hinges upon freezing the savings of ordinary Argentines and turning them into bonds - paper pledges to pay the depositors in future - according to Jorge Capitanich of the ruling Peronist party.

BBC: Banking crisis looms over Argentina talks