The International Monetary Fund faced harsh criticism for failing to meet its commitment to write off $800m in debt owed by Liberia, as Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, the country's leader, met US president George W. Bush in Washington
European Union governments are striving to adopt a common approach to sensitive investments by non-European sovereign wealth funds, such as those of China, Russia and the oil-producing Gulf states, and may make an announcement to this effect as early as today at their Lisbon summit.
Development banks representing collective assets of $1,000bn will agree a common set of corporate governance policies to tackle corruption and promote the private sector in emerging economies
As Libya opens up after decades of exclusion and economic mismanagement, and its oil-rich but state-run economy flirts with private-sector promotion, foreign investors have taken notice
Private sector companies will for the first time join governments in contributing to the International Development Association, the World Bank's main fund for poor countries, the bank's president, Robert Zoellick, has told the Financial Times
Peter Mandelson's criticisms of China for failing to play by international trade rules are unhelpful and counterproductive, according to a group of business executives touring the country
A network of parliamentarians established to hold the World Bank to account is in fact run by the multilateral lending institution, according to a confidential internal report.
General Motors expects the global automotive industry to sell a record 70m vehicles this year in spite of the slowing housing market and car sales in the US
Companies in industrialised countries are paying record amounts of tax, pushing the burden in wealthy nations back to historic levels reached in 2000, says the OECD
Multinationals are under increasing scrutiny in many countries for not paying enough corporation tax - something which, apart from the obvious questions, raises some interesting broader issues
Migrants last year sent home more than $301bn to their families in developing countries – an amount nearly a third higher than previous estimates – according to new UN and IDB research
Currency traders were given a green light to continue selling the US dollar, as the International Monetary Fund said the greenback "remains overvalued" and rejected claims the euro had risen too far
The US replaced UK as biggest recipient of foreign direct investment as global FDI flows rose to $1,306bn in 2006, the highest since 2000, according to the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development.
