101.   Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Manh Cam told the Consultative Group members that Vietnam had drafted a program to improve its economy and move ahead with reforms.

102.   Even critics of the military government give it credit for improving the economy.

103.   Fox said he had reduced government spending, improved the economy despite a U.S. slowdown and cracked down on federal crimes including kidnapping, drug smuggling and corruption.

104.   He fired the government and central bank governor for failing to improve the economy.

105.   He pledged closer cooperation with Turkey, especially to improve the economy.

106.   He also pledged to improve the economy through faster privatization, by stimulating competition and encouraging foreign investment.

107.   He said new plants in Mexico had failed to improve the economy there because wages and standards of living remained low.

108.   He said the coastal areas could be developed for aquaculture projects and help improve the economy of the fishermen at the same time to provide jobs for the locals.

109.   He was also credited with improving the economy and drastically lowering the crime rate and racial controversies.

110.   He said Buddhist organisations could help improve the economy by supporting the calls to buy more Malaysian goods.