1.   Balcerowicz has been critical of the slowdown of privatization under the former Communists and will try to speed up reforms in order to attract more foreign investment.

2.   He urged Japanese Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto to speed up reforms aimed at boosting domestic demand.

3.   In the fallout of the Fuhrman tapes, Williams and Hill asked the council Tuesday for additional tools and financing to speed up reforms.

4.   In return, Yeltsin gave welcome new promises to speed economic reform at home.

5.   It blames unions and advocacy groups for protecting their own turf rather than agreeing to policies that would speed reform.

6.   Rubin and other administration officials have repeatedly pushed the Japanese to speed market reforms and to ensure they adopt policies which will stimulate growth in Japan.

7.   Venezuela said Friday it would allow the bolivar currency to fluctuate more freely and introduced a bill to speed reforms aimed at boosting confidence in the battered economy.

8.   When Zhu Rongji became prime minister early this year, he boldly vowed to speed reforms that are essential to future prosperity.

9.   Banking reforms could be speeded up.

10.   But longer term economic prospects remain pegged to the ability of the government to speed up reform.