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Nor did economic liberalization and structural
reforms
of the type typically recommended by the World Bank and other donors play much of a role.
But Japan’s upturn will be short-lived unless Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s government follows through on its promise of deeper structural
reforms.
And the West’s response to Putin’s return to the presidency could have a marked effect on whether he presses for liberalizing
reforms
and survives, or follows his KGB-honed authoritarian instincts and stokes further protest.
On the other hand, juxtaposed against these positive developments are a fresh set of challenges, namely increasingly pro-cyclical liquidity provision by market makers, the rise of populism, and a temptation to rely on currency depreciation as a substitute for structural
reforms.
Yet Macron has put Germany in the uncomfortable position of having to respond to his proposals for EU-level
reforms.
Ultimately, the new government’s program will likely reflect the suspicion that other EU member states want to solve their problems with German money rather than domestic
reforms.
Moreover, austerity has been accompanied by structural reforms, which should increase countries’ long-term growth potential, while pension
reforms
are set to reduce considerably the fiscal cost of aging populations.
Such&
reforms
promise to strengthen the solvency of all governments that adopt them, including those on the eurozone’s periphery.
Specifically, China and emerging Asia should implement
reforms
that reduce the need for precautionary savings and let their currencies appreciate;Germany should maintain its fiscal stimulus and extend it into 2011, rather than starting its ill-conceived fiscal austerity now; and Japan should pursue measures to reduce its current-account surplus and stimulate real incomes and consumption.
This process has been accelerated by a confluence of defense-industry reforms, comprehensive military upgrading, and integration of innovative operational concepts.
The
reforms
have been guided by two broad concepts: the “Four Mechanisms” – competition, evaluation, supervision, and encouragement – and yujun yumin, or identifying military potential in civilian capabilities, with defense industries integrating into the broader civilian economy.
The
reforms
have essentially enabled China to streamline research and development efforts, as well as technology transfers between selected components of its civil and commercial space programs.
When the Muslim world was thrown into confusion and disarray after the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, the democratic wing of the Islamist movement was working on a platform of legislative
reforms
it would propose for EU accession.
First, Latin American countries did not start growing again until debt had been substantially reduced through a series of initiatives – the most important being the Brady Plan of 1989, under which Latin American countries enacted
reforms
in exchange for debt relief.
Populists Are Sometimes RightDeveloping countries are often advised (or instructed) to undertake
reforms
recommended by "experts" who are called "technocrats" and are often backed by the IMF.
Opposition to the
reforms
they propose is usually dismissed as "populist."
Countries that fail to undertake these
reforms
are dismissed as craven or lacking political will, and soon suffer the consequences: higher interest rates when borrowing abroad.
Such
reforms
have the potential of benefiting consumers by lowering costs and improving the reliability and quality of services.
Fortunately, China’s 12th Five-Year Plan (2011-2015) recognizes the need to deepen market-oriented reform, change the country’s development model, and focus on the quality of growth, structural reforms, and social inclusion to overcome the rural-urban divide and stem the rise in income inequality.
In line with this bold, long-term approach, a new report, China 2030: Building a Modern, Harmonious, and Creative High-Income Society, proposes
reforms
that my country needs to develop a mature, well-functioning market economy by 2030.
China 2030 calls for structural
reforms
that would redefine the role of government, overhaul state-owned enterprises and banks, develop the private sector, promote competition, and deepen liberalization of the land, labor, and financial markets.
In the labor market, China needs to accelerate
reforms
of the hukou (household registration) system to ensure that, by 2030, workers can move more freely in response to market signals.
Such
reforms
can help to ensure that budgetary resources are available at different levels of government (central, provincial, prefectural, county, township, and village), and are commensurate with expenditure responsibilities.
Indeed,
reforms
announced by Blair increasingly sound like empty promises, because the apparently inevitable has happened: the Prime Minister has lost touch with the public.
There is a stark contrast between the deteriorating external situation and the continuing progress in internal
reforms.
Macron is the most pro-German French president imaginable, and he has boosted his credibility by pursuing difficult labor-market
reforms
and unveiling a Teutonically prudent budget.
Macron had timed his speech to influence the post-election coalition negotiations there, with the hope that Merkel would use her fourth and likely final term to burnish her legacy by enacting bold European
reforms.
Merkel would prefer a small common fund to help member-state governments enact difficult reforms, not a Keynesian fiscal stabilizer.
He would also miss his chance to enact the
reforms
that the eurozone actually needs.
The big, open democratic conventions that he has proposed for the first half of 2018 could inject fresh ideas into a stale debate, provide legitimacy for bold reforms, and put pressure on recalcitrant governments.
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