The Extent of the Success of Economic Reform Program in Accelerating the Economic Development in Egypt and Kuwait

2017 ◽  
Vol 47 (4) ◽  
pp. 989-1024
Author(s):  
Sahar Abdullah Hemaly
Keyword(s):  
Economic Development ◽  
Economic Reform ◽  
Reform Program

Economic Crisis: Brazil and IMF Reach Accord on Economic Reform Program Backed By $41 Billion in Loans

1999 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 143-149
Keyword(s):  
Economic Crisis ◽  
Economic Reform ◽  
Public Finances ◽  
Fiscal Adjustment ◽  
Reform Program ◽  
Adjustment Program

We welcome Brazil's announcement of a strong fiscal adjustment program to strengthen Brazil's public finances. It is essential that Brazil implement their program promptly and convincingly.

Extraordinary politics in the Polish transition

1999 ◽  
Vol 32 (2) ◽  
pp. 195-210 ◽  
Author(s):  
Amanda Rose
Keyword(s):  
Economic Reform ◽  
Economic Situation ◽  
National Elections ◽  
The Public ◽  
Reform Program ◽  
Current Economic Situation ◽  
The Government ◽  
Polish Government ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Regime Transitions

Among the arguments for rapid economic reform in transitions to the market in Central and Eastern Europe, scholars have argued that rapid reformers could better take advantage of the period of ‘extraordinary politics’ at the beginning of the transition. Regime transitions provide a unique opportunity for politicians to implement economic reform since the public is more likely to grant the government room to reform. If the public is more likely to give politicians this window of opportunity, politicians should implement far-reaching reforms during that period. I test two propositions in this paper: (1) politicians in office during a period of liberalization will get high positive ratings at the polls which will gradually deplete over time; and (2) at the beginning of the transition, views of the current economic situation will not predict views of politics. I find that approval of the Polish government was unusually high in the first one and one-half to two years of the Polish transition. In the same period, assessments of the current economic situation only weakly affected assessments of politics. After the period of extraordinary politics comes to an end, the relationship between political and economic assessments is much stronger. Thus, in a country with a harsh economic reform program and six contentious national elections within eight years, there is strong evidence that politicians benefited from a period of extraordinary politics at the beginning of the regime.

Missing the Target? Policing Strategies in the Period of Economic Reform

1993 ◽  
Vol 39 (3) ◽  
pp. 316-336 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael Dutton ◽  
Lee Tianfu
Keyword(s):  
Economic Reform ◽  
Fear Of Crime ◽  
Significant Rise ◽  
Chinese Government ◽  
Republic Of China ◽  
The Past ◽  
Reform Program ◽  
Government Leadership ◽  
Selective Targeting ◽  
Reform Period

During the 1980s, the People's Republic of China experienced a significant rise in crime as well as an accompanying increase in the fear of crime in the general population. This article documents how the Chinese government leadership initially responded to this situation through mass campaigns. The adoption of this campaign style of policing foreshadowed a more fundamental change in the nature of policing in China. The authors show how specialized policing with selective targeting replaced the all round policing of the past. The article documents the emergence of specialized forms of policing for special professions, special populations, and key areas. The authors posit that this form of policing grew out of the demands for security in the economic reform period, but ultimately threatens the reform program by instituting extralegal forms of control.

North Korea in 2013

Asian Survey ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 54 (1) ◽  
pp. 89-100 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hong Yung Lee
Keyword(s):  
Economic Development ◽  
Economic Reform ◽  
North Korea ◽  
Nuclear Test ◽  
Structural Weakness ◽  
Second Year

The second year of Kim Jong Un’s rule in North Korea was enormously eventful. The year began with Pyongyang carrying out its third nuclear test, a move of reckless brinksmanship that alarmed the region and beyond. North Korea formally declared its goal of “simultaneously pursuing nuclear and economic development,” but failed to take a decisive step toward economic reform. The ruthless purge and execution of Jang Song-taek revealed the structural weakness of the ruling system.

Back to the Future: The Politics of Economic Reform under the Kim Dae-Jung Presidency

2001 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 53-90 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kyung Hoon Leem
Keyword(s):  
Economic Reform ◽  
Economic Reforms ◽  
Sustainable Growth ◽  
South American ◽  
Quality Of Democracy ◽  
East European ◽  
Reform Program ◽  
Capital Outflows ◽  
Shaped Pattern

On the eve of the tenth anniversary of its democratization, Korea was hit by an unprecedented financial crisis marked by massive capital outflows, a sharp depreciation of the won and severe distress in the corporate and financial sectors. Korea's anniversary gift from the interntional community was an IMF conditionality program that imposed a comprehensive package of neoliberal economic reforms. Compared with the South American and East European experiences, economic reform in Korea has been implemented without significant policy obstructions, political instability or social disruptions. Despite much skepticism, the backbreaking reforms quickly began to pay off. The reforms created a V-shaped (rather than U-shaped) pattern of recovery, though more determined financial and corporate restructuring is needed in order for the nation to achieve sustainable growth. And, the quality of democracy has not deteriorated because of conflicts resulting from the economic reform program (neither, however, has it improved).

Latin-American Economic Development, Land Reform, and U.S. Aid with Special Reference to Guatemala

1962 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
pp. 351-361 ◽  
Author(s):  
John R. Hildebrand
Keyword(s):  
Economic Development ◽  
Latin American ◽  
Economic Reform ◽  
Land Reform ◽  
Status Quo ◽  
Inaugural Address ◽  
Underdeveloped Countries ◽  
Alliance For Progress ◽  
Aid Programs ◽  
Latin American Economic

President Kennedy, in his inaugural address, spoke of an “Alliance for Progress” with Latin America and more recently of an expanded Latin-American aid program. His phrase “Alliance for Progress” underscores the fact that the U. S. chooses not to be identified with blind defenders of the status quo but to support evolutionary change calling for political, social, and economic reform.What motivates U. S. citizens to tax themselves to help the underdeveloped countries help themselves? One observes an interesting mixture of goals with respect to U. S. aid programs. There is no single enforced purpose handed down from higher authority. Each citizen indicates and advances his own preferences with some sort of compromise or majority view prevailing when necessary. One peculiarity of a democratic society is the pluralism of motivations and purposes.

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