By reforms in 1907 and 1913 the vote was extended to women.
Indeed, if labour costs can be squeezed by reforms, firms can adjust without having to cut investment as much.
The IMF bail-outs also helped to restore confidence, bolstered by reforms to restructure and strengthen banking.
Supported by reforms which nurses are leading, to the way we organise and deliver care for NHS patients.
So parliamentary government must be counter-balanced by reforms designed to open up the political system, not insulate it further.
The demonstrations almost undermined it, too, with orthodox Maoists blaming the instability wrought by reforms and putting the brakes on.
Already weakened by reforms that draw power from the presidency, his decision to fly abroad rather than lead operations to relieve flood damage has left him deeply unpopular.
Many were inspired by reforms pioneered in England and since emulated, to varying extents, in much of the English-speaking world.
But unless it is accompanied by reforms that drive down costs in nominal terms, it will become increasingly burdensome, especially as inflation falls elsewhere.
Renault, Nissan and Ford have all announced plans to invest in car production, encouraged by reforms that let firms undercut national wage agreements.
Those companies, home to powerful unions that protect what some view as thousands of excess workers, remain largely untouched by reforms.
