Finance ministers and central bankers from major industrial and developing countries meet this weekend outside London to discuss the financial crisis.

VOA: special.2009.03.13

Finance ministers of the 24 advanced and developing economies said the funding increase takes effect immediately with the money coming from the agency's 185 member nations.

VOA: standard.2009.04.26

" The recent consensus by finance ministers from the Group of 20 industrial and developing nations to refrain from currency manipulation, she said, was an "important signal.

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Given the shortage of finance, the minister asked, would it not be better spent on developing scientists and engineers for the future?

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"We still await clarity from industrialized nations on the provision of large-scale finance to developing countries for immediate and long-term climate action, " he added.

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