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Furthermore, ratings agency Standard & Poor's Corp. lowered its outlook on Italy's $1.9 trillion of government bonds to negative, citing weak growth prospects and a slipping economic-reform agenda.

Europe Debt Concerns Grow Jonathan House 2011

The ratings agency said the country's double-B-plus rating could face a downgrade if there is a continuation or intensification of the political unrest, which has seriously threatened economic and financial performance as well as the economic-reform process.

Debt, Currency React to Egypt Protests Art Patnaude 2011

First of all, the "crisis-ridden countries" have embarked on budget consolidation and economic-reform programs that need to be continued.

Why the Euro Will Survive Michael Heise 2011

The government later withdrew the fuel-price increase, part of an IMF economic-reform program.

The 112th, and a Piece of the Facebook Action 2011

Mr. Zardari met with senior MQM leaders in Karachi on Tuesday in a bid to defuse the tensions, which have escalated between the parties due in part to the MQM's refusal to back the government's economic-reform agenda.

Pakistan Party Quits Cabinet Zahid Hussain 2010

The high-level death followed the disappearance earlier this year of another official, Pak Nam Gi, who some South Korean media reports said was executed for the country's economic-reform mess.

North Korea's Kim Shakes Up Top Posts 2010

Iran kicked off a much-anticipated economic-reform plan, cutting food and fuel subsidies and triggering a rush by drivers to fill up their tanks ahead of a fourfold increase in gasoline prices.

World Watch 2010

Official papers released from the National Archive reveal Thatcher's strategy to sweeten economic-reform pill

National Archives 1980: SAS to be given immunity for killing foreigners 2010

"There is no way we can achieve our objectives without an economic-reform program that generates high levels of growth," said Mr. Mubarak, who is widely seen as a likely successor to his 80-year-old father, President Hosni Mubarak.

Egypt's Gamal Mubarak Aims to Underpin Growth 2009

Few people in the region think they have benefited personally from the government's economic-reform programs.

Hometown Hero 2008