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A £20bn bailout plan to help debt-laden Greece has been agreed by all 16 eurozone countries.

Ghana is as long as 75/1 with some bookmakers to win this summer's World Cup, but the IMF predicts the west African nation will walk away with a world title of a different kind in 2010.

The currency of a country is the equivalent of its share price, the perceived value of its overall tangible and intangible assets, and while the share prices of the highly indebted developed markets are faltering, those of emerging markets are rising....

Emerging markets are making up shortfalls that have resulted from a fall in investment from developed countries

The UK's debt problems could be on a par with those facing Greece and Portugal, according to a former IMF economist.

Is now the time to stop buying emerging market and commodity funds and to start taking profits? Why adopt this strategy in the face of a considerable argument in favour of these sectors?

This week's Conjecture panel debate the quick run-up experienced recently in emerging markets and the themes they will be following

Last year was a stellar year for emerging equity markets.

Strong returns from emerging markets prompt surge of investment into funds connected with less developed countries

Japan's economy was one of the first to officially leave the recession and is now expected to grow faster than other developed nations, according to IMF forecasts.