US President Barack Obama has said he is encouraged by European leaders' plans to tackle the eurozone crisis, as the G20 summit in Mexico ends.
In a final communique, world leaders said they would take "all necessary measures" to protect the euro area.
Leaders said they welcomed Spain's plans to recapitalise its banks, according to the communique.
The talks are being held as Greece seeks to form a coalition government and Spain's borrowing costs soared.
The "Bric" economies (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) also pledged to increase their contributions to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) - which has been seeking to boost its finances to prevent any future financial crisis.
The BBC's diplomatic correspondent Bridget Kendall, at the Los Cabos summit, says the offer of billions of dollars from the developing economies is perhaps the most tangible result of the two-day-long talks.
As the summit came to a close the European leaders pledged to maintain stability in the eurozone and to would work with the next Greek government towards reform and sustainability.
"Euro Area members of the G20 will take all necessary measures to safeguard the integrity and stability of the area, improve the functioning of financial markets and break the feedback loop between sovereigns and banks," the joint statement said.
"We support the intention to consider concrete steps towards a more integrated financial architecture," it continued.
"The European Union members of the G20 are determined to move forward expeditiously on measures to support growth".
Meanwhile, the five Bric nations all offered to contribute $10bn (£6.4bn) to the IMF each in exchange for voting reforms that would give them greater influence in the organisation.
China also pledged $43bn (£27bn) to the IMF's crisis intervention fund, which has almost doubled to $456bn (£366bn).
The funds, which would be released by the IMF if the eurozone crisis spreads, are a sign of support but also indicate how fragile many fear the economic situation in Europe to be, our correspondent Beridget Kendall adds.
Source: Principal Global Indicators
Argentina
8.9
7.5
7.6
Australia
2.2
5.1
86.6
Brazil
2.7
6
17.2
Canada
2.4
7.5
70.2
China - mainland
n/a
4.1
n/a
European Union*
1.5
10.1**
120.0
France
1.7
9.3
191.2
Germany
3
6.5
159.4
India
6.9
n/a
17.2***
Indonesia
6.5
6.6
26.5
Italy
0.4
8.4
115.1
Japan
-0.7
4.6
52
Mexico
3.9
5.2
26.1
Russia
4.3
6.6
27.7
Saudi Arabia
6.8
n/a
n/a
South Africa
3.3
24.9
29.4
South Korea
3.6
3.4
34.9
Turkey
8.5
9.8
42.7
UK
0.9
8.1
421.9
US
1.7
9.0
98.2
* Euro area only, ** 2010 figs, *** Q3 2011. Note: External debt refers to debt owed to creditors outside the country. Countries with active financial sectors, such as the UK, tend to have large amounts of external debt.
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