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In 1993, central-government leaders enjoyed relatively limited powers: they did not control the money supply and had difficulty firing provincial governors or relocating top generals.
He will soon appoint a new BOJ governor and two deputy governors, who will, one presumes, be committed to this goal.
A majority of the Fed’s governors believes that aggressive monetary expansion has reached, if not exceeded, the bounds of prudence.
Few central bank governors have the kind of hagiography lavished upon them, especially in their lifetime, that Greenspan has had.
Neither, evidently, can central bank governors, at least when they opine in areas outside their immediate responsibility.
Regional governors, ministers and other federal authorities were instructed to support these parties during the election campaigns as well as when counting the votes.
But it is indispensable if the ECB is really to be independent, and if one expects that all members of the Governing Board, particularly the governors of national central banks, base their decisions only on the interests of the entire euro area (and not of their home country).
Another instance has to do with Putin's effort to rein in the governors in charge of Russia's 89 provinces.
In announcing this move, Putin added, ominously, that he would "dismiss" governors who were found to act have acted unlawfully.
Years ago, during a meeting between Putin and his regional plenipotentiaries – whose job was essentially to keep an eye on regional governors – someone in attendance asked the president how he would describe the envoys’ role.
To the three constitutionally established branches of government (executive, legislative, and judicial), a fourth power has been added: the provincial governors, the "barons of peronismo ."
Determined to carry on as they always have, no matter what, the governors turn a deaf ear to the IMF and resist instituting fiscal reforms.
The real title-holders of internal power, the governors owe their long incumbencies to the generosity with which they hand out state jobs.
Poverty grows and the indecisive Peronista government (governors included) inspires little trust.
Fortunately, the political backlash against the quarantine orders quickly prompted some state governors to ease them.
In pre-revolutionary Russia, as reported by the police at the time, only 3 out of 33 governors did not take bribes.
The BCB’s governors have no fixed-term mandate and are supposed to follow the provisions of the National Monetary Council, a politically appointed body.
In the name of short-term expediency, too little was done to sack corrupt governors and police, or to counter involvement by high-level officials in the narcotics trade.
This year, in addition to electing a president and members of parliament, voters will elect senators, county governors, and other political leaders.
Although Putin's reforms to the upper house of the Duma have already stripped the governors of their status as federal power brokers as well as of their parliamentary immunity, governorships retain wide powers in their regions.
Since campaigns will be cheaper, governors will find it hard to buy reelection because opponents will be able to mount a credible opposition.
The oligarchs, who once sought close ties to regional bosses in hope of securing the help of governors in taking control of local factories, mines, and other assets, have been cowed by Putin.
The same holds true in regions with well-known but wayward governors such as Kursk with Governor Rutskoi (who led the coup against Yeltsin of October, 1993) and Kaliningrad’s corrupt Governor Gorbenko.
Political thugs linked to the president resorted to strong-arm tactics in an attempt to remove one of the governors, angry that he had not given them lucrative public contracts.
The Post-Crisis Economy’s Long Debt HangoverCAMBRIDGE – The meeting of G-20 finance ministers and central bank governors in Washington, DC last week concluded on a sour note.
The European Union wants to establish a European Systemic Risk Board composed of the national central bank governors, chaired by the European Central Bank.
On November 1, the day after the first round of voting that later pitted Kuchma against Simonenko, three governors were unceremoniously dismissed when returns in their oblasts did not favor Kuchma.
Local elections have not been consistently held since 1992, when Yeltsin appointed all mayors and governors.
Regional governments cut deals with Moscow, and regional governors must bargain with local governments.
Governors and mayors have few incentives to broaden their tax bases and instead devote their energies to negotiating about their budget.
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